
Core Plugins and tasks Sleep
CertifiedPause execution for a duration.
Core Plugins and tasks Sleep
Pause execution for a duration.
Renders an ISO-8601 duration (e.g., PT5S) and sleeps before continuing. Useful for backoff, pacing, or demo timing.
type: io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.SleepExamples
id: sleep
namespace: company.team
tasks:
- id: sleep
type: io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Sleep
duration: "PT5S"
Properties
duration *string
Duration to sleep
The time duration in ISO-8601 format (e.g., PT5S for 5 seconds).
assets
Assets this task consumes as inputs or produces as outputs, for lineage tracking and the asset graph (Enterprise Edition). A flow declaring this property on a task is rejected in the open-source edition.
io.kestra.core.models.assets.AssetsDeclaration
IGNOREFAILWARNAsset failure behavior
Behavior applied to the task state when a declared asset fails to render, emit, or be persisted (e.g. a lock conflict): FAIL escalates it to FAILED, WARN (default) warns it if it would otherwise succeed, IGNORE leaves the state untouched.
Whether to auto-register assets referenced dynamically at runtime that are not statically declared in inputs or outputs.
The assets consumed as inputs.
io.kestra.core.models.assets.AssetIdentifier
1The assets produced as outputs.
io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.Dataset
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.File
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.Table
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.VM
1150{}1150io.kestra.core.models.assets.External
1150{}1150io.kestra.core.models.assets.Custom
11501Custom asset type
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