# Sleep function **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [April 26, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/sleep-function/1221 "2020-04-26T01:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Plinio\_Averbach](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/plinio_averbach/32/969_2.png) [@Plinio\_Averbach](https://community.n8n.io/u/Plinio_Averbach)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/sleep-function/1221/1 "2020-04-26T01:13:47Z")
So, Im trying to find how to have a sleep kind of function, is there any? ---
**Author:** ![jan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jan/32/9_2.png) [@jan](https://community.n8n.io/u/jan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/sleep-function/1221/2 "2020-04-26T07:21:54Z")
Welcome to the community @Plinio_Averbach! There is a discussion about it here with a temp-solution for short wait-times: > [@Wait node in workflow \[GOT CREATED\]](http://community.n8n.io/t/wait-node-in-workflow/73): > > I think some flows need wait node. For example if after some minutes doesn’t occur any(or special) event execute another flow or some specific nodes. ---
**Author:** ![Tephlon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/tephlon/32/9899_2.png) [@Tephlon](https://community.n8n.io/u/Tephlon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/sleep-function/1221/3 "2020-04-26T12:44:17Z")
Yes, a sleep node may be a good idea. Some food for thought: - Is a sleep function nothing but a trigger that has (a) time as the activator? - Could a sleep node be replaced by a webhook? Just som thoughts… ---
**Author:** ![jan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jan/32/9_2.png) [@jan](https://community.n8n.io/u/jan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/sleep-function/1221/4 "2021-08-22T13:50:09Z")
Wait-Node got released with 0.135.0