--- title: Why Are You Still Relying on External Cron Jobs? | daily.dev description: Unmeshed's built-in Wait Task lets workflow authors pause process execution until a specific timestamp without relying on external cron jobs or schedulers.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-are-you-still-relying-on-external-cron-jobs--ithzuvwvl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Are You Still Relying on External Cron Jobs? | daily.dev og:description: Unmeshed's built-in Wait Task lets workflow authors pause process execution until a specific timestamp without relying on external cron jobs or schedulers.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-are-you-still-relying-on-external-cron-jobs--ithzuvwvl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IThZuvwVl.png og:image:alt: Why Are You Still Relying on External Cron Jobs? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Are You Still Relying on External Cron Jobs? **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Unmeshed's built-in Wait Task lets workflow authors pause process execution until a specific timestamp without relying on external cron jobs or schedulers. Configured via JavaScript returning an epoch millisecond value, it supports delays ranging from milliseconds to months. Use cases include backend indexing pauses between API calls, compliance waiting periods, financial settlement windows, and annual process triggers. The feature eliminates external scheduling dependencies while providing full visibility into workflow execution. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What to Do if You've Outgrown Your Cron Job Scheduler](https://daily.dev/posts/what-to-do-if-you-ve-outgrown-your-cron-job-scheduler-ozwjtejaq) · freeCodeCamp · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [All your workflows are about to be long running. 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