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Feature Request: Add Delay Step for Fetching Output from Tables

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Feature Request!! A 'delay' step - I write to other tables, and these other tables may for example be running an email waterfall to get email details - which takes a lil time. ...therefore I need a delay before fetching the output of that table, as if it runs instantly I get blank results. Hence the delay is required juuuuust to give it enough time. Perhaps a good place for this is on the "Clay > Lookup Single Row In Other Table" - this part. You could set something here like "wait 30 seconds first"... because this is the point you need to wait. Hopefully I've described the case ok!

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    Daniel B.
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    if there is any 'hack' here I would love to know it for the short term, it is causing me pain in a couple of places!

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    Daniel K.
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    Hey there, thanks for reaching out! ☺️ So there's currently not a way to delay API requests natively in Clay. However, a workaround we recommend is adding an intermediate HTTP API column to introduce a delay, such as: https://postman-echo.com/delay/10 (replace β€œ10” with the desired delay in seconds). This can help align execution timing. Here’s a link for reference: Postman Delay Template. Let me know if this does the trick for you :) If there's anything else I can assist you with, please let me know! 😊 Have a great Wednesday, Daniel

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    Hey there - just wanted to check in here to see if you needed anything else! Feel free to reply back here if you do.

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    Daniel B.
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    This is a great workaround, thanks!

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    Daniel K.
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    You're welcome :)

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    Hey there - just wanted to check in here to see if you needed anything else! Feel free to reply back here if you do.

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    We haven't heard back from you in a bit, so we're going to go ahead and close things out here - feel free to let us know if you still need something!

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    Hi Daniel B.! This thread was recently closed by our Support team. If you have a moment, please share your feedback:

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    Thank you so much for sharing your feedback Daniel B.!