11 · flow
Pause the execution — for a duration or until a resume webhook fires.
When to use it
You need time or a human signal before the next side effect. resume: webhook is the approval pattern.
Writeup
Pause the execution — for a duration or until a resume webhook fires. You need time or a human signal before the next side effect. resume: webhook is the approval pattern.
Step by step — how to wire it
01
Ask first
Webhook → Slack “Approve?” so a human sees the request.
02
Add Wait
Slack → Wait → Resume On Webhook.
03
Continue after resume
Wait → HTTP Request / CRM action that should only run when approved.
04
Put resume in Slack
Include the Wait resume URL (or button) in the Slack text so approvers don’t dig Executions.
How it functions
Resume modes
After time interval, or On Webhook — the waiting execution exposes a resume URL.
Holds the run
Execution stays Waiting until resume/timeout; then continues to the next node.
Used for
Used for 1
Human approval before an outbound POST
Used for 2
Delaying follow-up emails
Used for 3
Rate-limiting bursts between API calls
Tips
Set a timeout so abandoned approvals don’t block forever.
Treat resume URLs as secrets — add a token check in production.