Overview

This node provides two main functionalities: adding a delay before continuing the workflow or measuring execution time by adding a timestamp to each item. It is useful for scenarios where you need to pause workflow execution for a specified duration or track when a particular step was executed. For example, you can use it to throttle API requests by adding delays or log the exact time a workflow step was processed by adding timestamps.

Use Case Examples

1. Adding a 5-second delay before processing the next step to avoid hitting API rate limits.
2. Adding a timestamp field named '_executionTime' to each item to record when the workflow reached this node.

Properties

Output

JSON

- The field containing the ISO string timestamp of when the node executed, named as per the 'Timestamp Field Name' property.

Troubleshooting

• If the node is set to 'Measure Time' operation but the timestamp field name is empty or invalid, the output may not contain the expected timestamp field.
• When using the 'Delay' operation, specifying a very large delay amount may cause the workflow to pause for an extended period, which might be unintended.

Links

• Timer & Delay Node Documentation - Official documentation for the Timer & Delay node in n8n, explaining its operations and usage.