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title: "Discussion on \"Chained celery tasks with delay\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Chained celery tasks with delay\". Leverage Celery Chains to execute sequential tasks. But it wasn't clear from the documentation on how to add a delay in-between executions.\nThe initial (reasonable) attempt:\nresult = (\n  add.s(1,1) |\n  mul.s(3) | \n  mul.s(4)\n).apply_async(countdown=5..."
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# [Chained celery tasks with delay](https://blog.danwald.me/chained-celery-tasks-with-delay?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Leverage Celery Chains to execute sequential tasks. But it wasn't clear from the documentation on how to add a delay in-between executions. The initial (reasonable) attempt: result = ( add.s(1,1) | mul.s(3) | mul.s(4) ).apply\_async(countdown=5...

May 9, 2024 · 1 min read · blog.danwald.me  
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-   [#celery](https://hashnode.com/tag/celery)
-   [#async](https://hashnode.com/tag/async)
-   [#task](https://hashnode.com/tag/task)
-   [#celery-chain](https://hashnode.com/tag/celery-chain)

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