name: delay
long: delay
value: MILLISECONDS
value_default: 0
help: Sets delay before each request (aka sleep)
help_heading: Run options
env_var: HURL_DELAY
---
Sets delay before each request (aka sleep). The delay is not applied to requests that have been retried because of [`--retry`](#retry). See [`--retry-interval`](#retry-interval) to space retried requests.

You can specify time units in the delay expression. Set Hurl to use a delay of 2 seconds with `--delay 2s` or set it to 500 milliseconds with `--delay 500ms`. Supported time units: ms, s, m, h. No spaces allowed.
