What happens if a lead enters a fixed end date wait step after the end?

[Grégoire_Miche2]

Has anyone tried to see what happens if a lead enters a flow step after after the end date /time of taht flow step (in case it's a fixed date wait)?

-Greg

[Dan_Stevens_]

Good question. Expected behavior is the lead would stall and not proceed any further. 

[Grégoire_Miche2]

Just launching a test. I'll keep you posted.

[Grégoire_Miche2 · Accepted solution]

Hi Dan,

In fact, no, the wait step is just skipped and the lead proceeds to the following step.

-Greg

[Mike_Reynolds2]

If the time the lead is supposed to wait until has already passed, the wait step can't be applied, so it will be skipped.

[Grégoire_Miche2]

This can really cause unwanted behaviors. Imagine some uses this type of waits to do the following, on a registration for to an event that starts on Oct 23rd :

1. Send email to confirm registration
2. wait until Oct 22nd, 10AM
3. send a reminder email

If someone registers on the 22nd, 1PM, he/she receives immediately the confirmation and the reminder email.

Just posted an idea :

-Greg