# pause in loop-control

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/pause-in-loop-control/29616>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [February 5, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pause-in-loop-control/29616 "2019-02-05T02:39:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dmitriy\_Trubov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Dmitriy\_Trubov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dmitriy_Trubov)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pause-in-loop-control/29616/1 "2019-02-05T02:39:33Z")

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HI,  
here is code:

- name: Wait MainStatus Playbook 5  
vars:  
cosId: “{{realCosId}}”  
jsonStatus: {“status”:‘in-progress’}  
hosts: all  
tasks:

- name: Debug  
debug:  
msg: “{{jsonStatus.status}}”

- include\_tasks: waittask.yml  
with\_sequence: start=1 end=3  
when: jsonStatus.status == ‘in-progress’  
loop\_control:  
pause: 20

- name: Debug 2  
debug:  
msg: “{{jsonStatus.status}}”

I expected pause between loop in 20 sec.  
Instead of the it is executed, and by log looks it is arounf 7 sec:  
[22639] 2019-02-05 02:30:37,532 - CheckStatusMain - INFO -status:succeeded" - one execution

[23029] 2019-02-05 02:30:44,754 - CheckStatusMain - INFO -status:succeeded"- second execution

Is it a bug?

Thanks,  
Dmitriy