# Pause for a set time

Control / flow

A variant of [Branch or loop](https://meridian.online/operations/branch-or-loop).

Hold the run or each row for a fixed time before carrying on.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/branch-or-loop/pause-for-a-set-time>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet; it would live in how a Protocol runs. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#branch-or-loop)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Azure Data Factory: [`Wait Activity`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/control-flow-wait-activity) (read 2026-09-27)
- Duckle: [`Wait / Delay`](https://github.com/slothflowlabs/duckle/blob/f85f8960edfb6efbf4cb89d58a7b32e16df0e867/website/docs/components.html) (read 2026-09-25)
- EasyMorph: [`Wait`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:wait) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Delay row`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/delay.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Wait for`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/waitfor.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Wait...`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*yfGdadHsy0HhlKV8?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- Pentaho Data Integration: [`Delay row`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Delay`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/utility/misc/delay.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tSleep`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/orchestration/orchestration-component) (read 2026-09-27)