# Wait for action in flow

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [February 19, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107 "2020-02-19T13:22:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Danny\_Mertens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danny_mertens/32/4247_2.png) [@Danny\_Mertens](https://community.homey.app/u/Danny_Mertens)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107/1 "2020-02-19T13:22:27Z")

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Hi,

I it possible to know when a action in a flow is done?

I stream a variable text, weather, date and information with the TTS app to a google mini, after this I want to stream another text but only if the first is done.

I know we can use the delay option for an option in a flow but this does not work because the first text is variable in length and I never know before how many time I have to put in the delay field.

Example flow;

[https://homey.app/f/7-NCt1](https://homey.app/f/7-NCt1)

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107/2 "2020-02-19T13:24:53Z")

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> [@Danny\_Mertens](#):
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> I it possible to know when a action in a flow is done?

No, this isn’t possible.

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**Author:** ![Danny\_Mertens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danny_mertens/32/4247_2.png) [@Danny\_Mertens](https://community.homey.app/u/Danny_Mertens)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107/3 "2020-02-19T13:27:37Z")

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Hi @robertklep, Thanks for the quick reply, that’s going in a request form to Athom then 😛

Maybe another way to achieve this, with more than one flow, or is this also not possible?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107/4 "2020-02-19T13:32:35Z")

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> [@Danny\_Mertens](#):
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> Maybe another way to achieve this, with more than one flow, or is this also not possible?

Only if the TTS service has some sort of event (like a webhook) that it can trigger when it’s done. But, for instance, simply calling another flow will run into the same issue as keeping everything in a single flow: actions are started in parallel, not sequentially, so the other flow will get called at about the same time as the TTS service will.

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**Author:** ![Danny\_Mertens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danny_mertens/32/4247_2.png) [@Danny\_Mertens](https://community.homey.app/u/Danny_Mertens)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107/5 "2020-02-19T13:37:39Z")

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OK clear, thanks!

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**Author:** ![Danny\_Mertens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danny_mertens/32/4247_2.png) [@Danny\_Mertens](https://community.homey.app/u/Danny_Mertens)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-for-action-in-flow/26107/6 "2020-02-19T13:45:06Z")

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FYI: Created a request for Athom to add this in a future version if possible.

Thanks for quick reply!