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Wait Steps Can Pause Until a Team Member Replies

Workflow wait steps can now pause until a team member replies, helping teams track response times and route escalations after a timeout.

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SMBcrm Team · July 8, 2026

Wait Steps Can Pause Until a Team Member Replies

What changed

The Wait action in SMBcrm automation workflows now supports User Replied as a wait condition. In addition to waiting for a contact reply, a workflow can pause until a team member responds to the conversation before continuing.

Combined with an optional timeout, this helps teams build response-time workflows that continue immediately when a user replies or move into escalation steps when the timeout is reached.

How it works

When configuring a Wait action, select User Replied as the condition and set an optional timeout. The workflow pauses until a user replies or the timeout is reached, whichever happens first.

If a reply is detected, the workflow continues immediately. If the timeout expires first, you can route the contact through steps such as notifications, reassignments, or reminders.

How to use it

  • Add a Wait action to your workflow.
  • Select User Replied.
  • Configure an optional timeout.
  • Define what should happen after a user replies or when the timeout is reached.

Examples

  • Support: wait up to 30 minutes for an agent reply. If no reply is sent before the timeout, alert a supervisor and reassign the conversation.
  • Sales: wait 15 minutes for a representative to reply to a new lead. If the timeout is reached first, create an urgent task and notify the sales manager.

Notes

  • The contact resumes as soon as a user sends a reply or when the configured timeout is reached.
  • If no timeout is configured, the workflow waits until a user reply is received.
  • This is useful for first-response SLAs, escalation workflows, and internal response-time automations.

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