process.sleep

Pauses program execution for a specified amount of time.

await process.sleep(timeMs);

Input

Variable	Required	Description
`timeMs`	yes	Sleep time in milliseconds.

Output

This function returns a Promise with the following data:

Variable	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	True if the command completed successfully.
`error`	string	Error message if the command failed.

Comments

This function delays code execution for a specified duration.
It is asynchronous, so it must be used with await or .then() — you cannot simply write:

doSomething();
process.sleep(1000);
doAfterDelay(); // ❌ This won't wait

Instead, use async/await or a promise chain (see examples below).

The process.sleep() function immediately returns a Promise.
Use await to pause script execution properly.

Note: Previously known as the bare function sleep().

Examples

1. Using async/await (recommended):

console.log("one1");
await process.sleep(2000);
console.log("two2");

2. Standalone usage:

console.log("one1");
process.sleep(2000)
  .then(function() {
    console.log("two2");
  });

3. Within a Promise chain:

http.get("https://mysmartbots.com")
  .then(function() {
    console.log("one");
    return process.sleep(2000);
  })
  .then(function() {
    console.log("two");
  })
  .then(function() {
    // Gracefully stop the test script
    exit();
  });