m-chat
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  • 👋Welcome!
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  • BOT BUILDER
    • Action blocks
      • Trigger
      • Send message
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      • Buttons
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      • Carousel
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      • List
      • Send an email
      • Condition
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      • Codeblock
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    • Variables
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    • Refresh frequency
  • 💬 LIVE CHAT
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    • Building a bot with live chat
    • Creating views
    • Adding Labels
    • Saved replies
    • Settings
  • 🔗 Integrations
    • HTTP request
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  • 💬 WhatsApp Business API
    • Getting a WhatsApp API
      • Getting WhatsApp API (Old approach)
      • Sandbox WhatsApp API
    • Facebook Business Manager (FBM) Verification
    • Creating a WhatsApp Template
    • Cost
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    • Official Business Account (Green tick verification)
  • 📊 Reporting
    • Chatbot Analytics
    • Agent Analytics
    • Outbound analytics
    • Link analytics
    • Weekly email report
  • 🛠️ Troubleshooting
    • Getting notification for leads
    • JS functions to trigger chat widget
    • Setting up link tracking
    • How do I hard refresh my browser?
    • Notifications
    • Tracking Facebook Pixel
    • Inviting teammates
    • Teams
  • 🧑‍💻 Support
    • Creating a ticket
    • Book a demo
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    • Refund policy
    • Reset Password
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  1. BOT BUILDER
  2. Action blocks

Delay

Adds a specified wait time to the flow.

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Last updated 6 months ago

Using the delay action block, the chatbot will intensionally show a typing indicator for the specified duration before proceeding to the next step in the chatbot flow.

You can add delays from 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Alternatively, if you want to generally add delays to all your chatbot messages you can goto Channel configuration -> Web -> General settings.

Delay (in outbound bots)

Adds an intentional delay period for which the contacts do not proceed forward in the execution flow.

You can add the following type of delay:

  • Relative - for a relative time period i.e. 4 hours, 5 days etc.

  • Fixed - exact date/time i.e. 21 Jun 2024 10 am America/New York

You can see the number of contacts in the wait queue until the contacts are delayed.

Deleting the 'Delay' action block will allow the waiting contacts to proceed immediately to the next step of the flow.