AI Builder now creates Wait steps more reliably and predictably, especially when your workflow needs multiple wait types and conditions built from a single prompt.
What’s New This update also adds guardrails that reduce errors and keep your workflow structure intact.
What’s New
Handle complex wait requests in one prompt
You can now describe layered wait logic in a single request and have AI Builder generate the right sequence of Wait steps automatically.
Example prompt: “Add a wait with a delay of 3 minutes, then another with a delay of 10 hours, then another but only run it on Tuesday–Thursday between 10am–5pm, then add an SMS and then wait for reply with a timeout of 10 minutes.”
AI Builder can correctly generate and configure:
- Time delay waits (minutes, hours, etc.)
- Business hour window waits (days and time ranges)
- Reply-based waits with explicit timeouts
What’s Fixed
Safer wait times
AI Builder now blocks negative or invalid values, normalizes time units, caps extreme values, and intelligently interprets overly large ranges (for example, “years”) to prevent unusable waits.
Predictable Wait type selection
Wait step selection is now more consistent:
- Simple delays and time window phrasing produce time-based waits
- Timeout branches only appear when you explicitly ask for them
Protected workflow structure
Time-based waits are enforced as a single path. If a wait is accidentally created as a multi-path node, AI Builder automatically corrects it so your workflow doesn’t end up with broken transitions.
Timezone and multi-path improvements
- Timezone fields populate correctly
- Multi-path wait types consistently include configured timeout values
Why It Matters
If you build automations regularly, Wait steps are often where small configuration errors can cause big timing problems. These improvements help you generate more accurate workflows from plain English, reduce manual cleanup, and keep automations running as expected, especially when you’re building multi-step sequences.