Best way of delaying a branch execution in Free or Standard

[Simon Huprich]

Hi, 

I want to delay the execution of a branch for about 4 seconds. 
Unfortunately the "Delay" action is not available because I am using the Free or the Standard version of Jira. 

Any ideas? 
Regards
Simon

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Simon,

Maybe do a couple (or 3!) Re-fetch actions in a row. 

[Simon Huprich]

Hi @John Funk
Thanks!
3 Re-fetch actions combined with some edit and delete actions did the trick. 
Regards
Simon

[John Funk]

Great - glad to hear! And you are welcome!

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Simon Huprich 

What problem are you trying to solve by adding the delay of 4 seconds?  Knowing that may help the community offer better suggestions.

Until we know that...

You could use the Send Web Request action to call a public REST API endpoint to provide the delay.  Remember to select the option in the action to wait for the response before continuing.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Rock]

On Jira Free and Standard there is no supported way to delay a branch by a few seconds. The Delay action is simply not available on those plans. The only practical workaround is to redesign the rule so the second part runs on a separate trigger, such as a field update or status change caused by the first action, or to rely on a scheduled rule. If you truly need an exact time delay, upgrading to a plan that includes the Delay action is the only native solution.

[John Funk]

There is no need to redesign and create a second rule. This can be achieved by using Re-fetch actions.