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id: 96ce556d-4abd-4a63-a49c-1c36e0447257
title: sleep
slug: /reference/sleep
description: >-
Set the amount of time for the current application to sleep for in
milliseconds before continuing to the next action.
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Set the amount of time for the current application to sleep for in milliseconds before
continuing to the next action.

<ParamField path="sleep" type="object | integer" required={true} toc={true}>
  An object that accepts the following properties, or an integer value directly.
</ParamField>

## **Properties**

<ParamField path="sleep.duration" type="integer" required={true} toc={true}>
  The amount of time to sleep in milliseconds. Must be a positive number. Can also be set to a `-1` integer for the sleep to never end.
</ParamField>

**Possible Values:** `-1` or any positive number

## **Examples**

### Timed Sleep Example

<CodeBlocks>
  <CodeBlock title="YAML">
    ```yaml
    version: 1.0.0
    sections:
      main:
        - sleep: 5000
    ```
  </CodeBlock>

  <CodeBlock title="JSON">
    ```json
    {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "sections": {
        "main": [
          {
            "sleep": 5000
          }
        ]
      }
    }
    ```
  </CodeBlock>
</CodeBlocks>

### Forever Sleep Example

<CodeBlocks>
  <CodeBlock title="YAML">
    ```yaml
    version: 1.0.0
    sections:
      main:
        - sleep: -1
    ```
  </CodeBlock>

  <CodeBlock title="JSON">
    ```json
    {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "sections": {
        "main": [
          {
            "sleep": -1
          }
        ]
      }
    }
    ```
  </CodeBlock>
</CodeBlocks>