# Delay Helper

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## Overview

The Delay Helper allows to pause a Flow for some time, e.g. when a system has a known rate limit of only 100 API calls per minute, or it is known, that a system needs some time until an object that has been created is ready to accept child objects that are associated to it.

## Actions

The **Delay Helper** has only one default action - Delay flow execution.\
The helper has the following two options:

* Seconds
* Minutes

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{% hint style="info" %}
The maximum delay in minutes is 15 minutes.
{% endhint %}

Using advanced mode, you can also make the delay dependent on the flow contents or even random:

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