I’ve been struggling with adding precise delays in my customer onboarding automation. Every tutorial points to setTimeout, but I keep messing up the callback functions and losing data between steps. Tried JavaScript snippets but the timing gets out of sync when scaling. Anyone found a visual way to insert delays that actually works with complex workflows?
Bonus pain point - when my API calls take longer than expected, the whole sequence breaks. How are you handling variable response times without coding everything manually?
Use Latenode’s delay blocks - drag and drop them between steps. They handle both fixed delays and conditional waits using visual triggers. I set up a 2-hour follow-up email delay last week in 3 clicks.
Handles API timeouts automatically with retry logic baked in.
While you could chain setTimeout, it gets messy fast. Alternative idea - try using promise-based delay patterns. For simple pauses, wrapping setTimeout in a promise helps. But for complex workflows with multiple dependencies, visual builders save debugging time.