Delay mode

The Event Transformation Action delay mode pauses the story execution for specific number of seconds before emitting an event.

Delays are a good way of slowing down the execution of your story. Particularly useful when your story makes request to a rate-limited external service. Delaying retries to the external service could help prevent you from hitting their rate-limits.

Features​ 

  • Specify a value in seconds (between 0 and 3600 (1 hour)) to wait before emitting a received event.

Configuration Options​ 

  • mode: 'delay'

  • seconds: (Optional: must use either seconds or until) an integer greater than 0.

  • until: (Optional: must use either seconds or until) a date/time in the future at which point the event will be emitted. The input can be specified using the following syntax: https://github.com/mojombo/chronic?tab=readme-ov-file#examples

Emitted Events​ 

Events emitted by the Event Transformation Action in delay mode look similar to the below:

{
  "seconds": 25
}

Example Configuration Options​ 

Wait 10 minutes before emitting an event.

{
  "mode": "delay",
  "seconds": 600
}

Wait 7 days before emitting an event.

{
  "mode": "delay",
  "until": "7 days from now"
}

UI Configuration  

When an Event Transformation action is added its option defaults to Seconds. Alternatively Until can be configured as an option via the action options menu as shown below:

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