Possible in Jenkins to add sleep time between build actions?

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I am starting a JBoss server in Jenkins as a build action. The next action runs a set of tests. I need to add sleeptime between the two actions. Does anyone know how to do this easily?

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '19 at 12:37

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It is possible to use sleep step in your Jenkins Pipeline. The step is included in Pipeline: Basic Steps.

Example:

steps {
  sleep time: 250, unit: 'MILLISECONDS'
}

answered Dec 11 '19 at 12:37

Yuri

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this is exactly what I'm looking for. https://www.jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/workflow-basic-steps/#sleep-sleep – Kevin Nov 09 '20 at 18:45
Thanks, great answer. I think this answer must be accepted answer – Ramil Aliyev 007 Jul 21 '23 at 15:52

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '19 at 08:14

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You can add sleep command (on Unix) in the test build action before test execution.

edited Dec 12 '19 at 08:14

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answered Nov 14 '12 at 13:54

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As much as this works, it hangs an executor on Jenkins. – aimbire Feb 13 '14 at 18:07
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This solution is definitely not platform independent and should be avoided at least when using Jenkins Pipelines. – Yuri Dec 12 '19 at 08:15

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 16 '14 at 05:35

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If you mean to know how to sleep between those build steps you can use sleep with Execute shell type.

sleep 30s

answered Sep 16 '14 at 05:35

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рüффп · Answer 4 · 2017-02-01T20:54:21.367

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There is a built-in feature in Jenkins to put a sleep but it is not easy to find it because they call it differently.

On the following screenshot

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You can see there is a Quiet period setting in the advanced project options that is "executed" before the current job (project).

If you have 3 jobs you can as well set this setting for jobs 2 and 3 which will make:

job1 -> (sleep -> job2) -> (sleep -> job3)

edited Feb 01 '17 at 20:54

answered Jun 17 '14 at 16:15

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You saved the day mate !! ... thanks, this is a good solution !! – Carlos Saltos Jun 23 '21 at 07:55
Good to see it can help, this is the best official way for those who does not use pipelines (and have access to the UI). Otherwise I think Yuri's answer is the best one for pipelines. – рüффп Jun 23 '21 at 17:39

score 5 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 31 '16 at 01:34

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I just added a Powershell step to run script with Start-Sleep -sec 240

edited Dec 31 '16 at 01:34

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answered Dec 27 '16 at 23:53

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 20:58

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all previous answers are correct, here is more detailed info for linux envirnment.

Search you existing Job Configuration for "Add build step"
Select Execute Shell and then add sleep some_number.

answered Jul 10 '18 at 20:58

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