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title: "Wait: Overview"
sidebarTitle: "Overview"
description: "During your run you can wait for a period of time or for something to happen."
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Waiting allows you to write complex tasks as a set of async code, without having to scheduled another task or poll for changes.

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| Function                                  | What it does                                                                              |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [wait.for()](/v3/wait-for)                | Waits for a specific period of time, e.g. 1 day.                                          |
| [wait.until()](/v3/wait-until)            | Waits until the provided `Date`.                                                          |
| [wait.forRequest()](/v3/wait-for-request) | Waits until a matching HTTP request is received, and gives you the data to continue with. |
| [waitForEvent()](/v3/wait-for-event)      | Waits for a matching event, like in the example above.                                    |