# Delay Between Actions

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** feature-request, tracked, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [February 12, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355 "2018-02-12T17:33:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![Don\_Welsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@Don\_Welsh](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Don_Welsh)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/1 "2018-02-12T17:33:11Z")

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Hello,

Right now under Project Settings\>Execution\>Default\>Web UI you have Delay Between Actions (in seconds). I would like to be able to enter partial seconds like .5 for half a second or .3 etc. Sometimes 1 full second is too much when I have a lot of steps.

Thanks,  
Don

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**Author:** ![Don\_Welsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@Don\_Welsh](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Don_Welsh)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/2 "2018-02-12T18:03:56Z")

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Also for the Delay keyword would like to enter partial seconds as well.

Thanks,  
Don

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**Author:** ![Liam\_B](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/liam_b/32/647_2.png) [@Liam\_B](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Liam_B)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/3 "2018-02-13T03:44:16Z")

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> Don Welsh said:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Right now under Project Settings\>Execution\>Default\>Web UI you have Delay Between Actions (in seconds). I would like to be able to enter partial seconds like .5 for half a second or .3 etc. Sometimes 1 full second is too much when I have a lot of steps.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Don

> Don Welsh said:
> 
> Also for the Delay keyword would like to enter partial seconds as well.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Don

Hey Don,

Thank you for your feedback. I have logged this for further consideration.

Happy to see your suggestions, always!  
Liam 🙂

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**Author:** ![Robin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Robin](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Robin)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/4 "2018-02-28T11:01:14Z")

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You could create a [custom keyword](https://docs.katalon.com/display/KD/Define+custom+keywords) which let’s the thread sleep for x milliseconds

```auto
@Keyword
def DelayTime(long milliseconds){
    Thread.sleep(milliseconds)
}

```

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**Author:** ![Don\_Welsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@Don\_Welsh](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Don_Welsh)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/5 "2018-03-14T13:55:40Z")

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Thanks @robin

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bob\_Jones](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Bob_Jones)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/6 "2018-05-03T18:00:01Z")

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+1 for this.

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**Author:** ![Scipilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Scipilot](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Scipilot)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/7 "2018-05-14T09:27:19Z")

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+1 too.

Having milliseconds would be very useful - the 1s minimum is just too slow in reality, when you just want to watch the test progress.

Can it be configured in the scripts? Or is it only in the Project Settings menu?

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**Author:** ![Luka\_Mlikota](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/luka_mlikota/32/11085_2.png) [@Luka\_Mlikota](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Luka_Mlikota)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/8 "2019-01-15T09:48:02Z")

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+1 for milliseconds delay between actions because 1 sec is too slow.

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**Author:** ![dave.derecskey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dave.derecskey](https://forum.katalon.com/u/dave.derecskey)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/9 "2019-03-20T20:53:03Z")

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+1 for this idea. 1 second is too slow. I’d like to be able to define default action delay at .200 or say .800 seconds.

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**Author:** ![Mitaka\_S](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/mitaka_s/32/3802_2.png) [@Mitaka\_S](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Mitaka_S)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/10 "2019-03-21T04:18:53Z")

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+1 from me too

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**Author:** ![Jon\_West](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@Jon\_West](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Jon_West)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/11 "2019-03-22T13:50:25Z")

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+1 from me too…

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**Author:** ![Morgan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/morgan/32/3324_2.png) [@Morgan](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Morgan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/12 "2019-04-01T22:37:33Z")

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Totally this! +1

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**Author:** ![adam.cane](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/adam.cane/32/4160_2.png) [@adam.cane](https://forum.katalon.com/u/adam.cane)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/13 "2019-04-11T14:50:53Z")

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+1 - came here looking for this feature, 1 second is still too slow but 0 seconds too fast.

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**Author:** ![felix.griesau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@felix.griesau](https://forum.katalon.com/u/felix.griesau)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/14 "2020-01-30T14:57:56Z")

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+1 still not here, right?

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**Author:** ![Luka\_Mlikota](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/luka_mlikota/32/11085_2.png) [@Luka\_Mlikota](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Luka_Mlikota)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/15 "2020-01-31T10:10:13Z")

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Nope, and never will be either.

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**Author:** ![Jass](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/jass/32/9588_2.png) [@Jass](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Jass)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/16 "2020-04-01T07:15:27Z")

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Hi everyone

We’ve just released Katalon Studio version 7.3.0 that allows configuring Delay Between Actions in milliseconds in Execution settings. Please read our [release notes](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/new/version-70.html) for more information and upgrade.

Happy Testing

Jass

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**Author:** ![shiva.gundra](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/shiva.gundra/32/16104_2.png) [@shiva.gundra](https://forum.katalon.com/u/shiva.gundra)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/delay-between-actions/9355/17 "2023-09-07T02:03:25Z")

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> [@Robin](#):
>
> ```auto
> @Keyword
> def DelayTime(long milliseconds){
> Thread.sleep(milliseconds)
> }
> 
> ```

Hi Jass,

The milliseconds option is only for WebUI or Mobile also can please update because i can see only in webui i didnt find for mobile