Hi, I'm interested in this project and would like to work on this. Can you please provide some guidance on where to start with this task? Just need to think a little more. 
My last thought was to use the [Pause task](https://kestra.io/plugins/core/tasks/flows/io.kestra.core.tasks.flows.Pause.html) and add a `delay` parameter that will let the flow in `PAUSE` state, wait the delay, and continue after.
For the User design, it will be cool, the flow will be clearly show as pause on the UI. 

For the technical point, do you have background on Java & Kafka Streams ?
   I've try a first look and first implementation, not so easy than I think and need to well know the application architecture in order to work on it
Will keep you informed  @sahmed007: it's available on latest dev image 
Here is an example : 

```yaml
id: pause-delay
namespace: io.kestra.tests

tasks:
  - id: pause
    type: io.kestra.core.tasks.flows.Pause
    delay: PT5S
    tasks:
      - id: ko
        type: io.kestra.core.tasks.scripts.Bash
        commands:
          - echo "trigger 5 seconds pause"

  - id: last
    type: io.kestra.core.tasks.debugs.Return
    format: "{{task.id}} > {{taskrun.startDate}}"

```

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2064609/162734183-09cd83b2-43e4-4e32-a978-99cf13e64450.mp4

 
Trigger a flow after some delay
on [Flow](https://kestra.io/plugins/core/tasks/flows/io.kestra.core.tasks.flows.Flow.html), a nice feature will be allow to trigger the flow after xx minutes / seconds / hour.
When the flow is trigger, instead of sending directly to the Queue, just keep it on a Kafka State store and use `punctuate` to send it later 

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/State.java core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/Executor.java core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutorService.java core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/Pause.java runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/executors/ExecutorMain.java runner-memory/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/memory/MemoryExecutor.java
core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/State.java core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutionDelay.java core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/Executor.java core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutorService.java core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/Pause.java runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/executors/ExecutorMain.java runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/streams/ExecutorPausedTransformer.java runner-memory/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/memory/MemoryExecutor.java
core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/Helpers.java core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/PauseTest.java core/src/test/resources/flows/valids/pause-delay.yaml runner-kafka/src/test/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/KafkaExecutorTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/State.java b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/State.java
index 54ebc04ad8..4f2f002b60 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/State.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/State.java
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ public String humanDuration() {
         }
     }
 
+    public Instant maxDate() {
+        if (this.histories.size() == 0) {
+            return Instant.now();
+        }
+
+        return this.histories.get(this.histories.size() - 1).getDate();
+    }
+
     @JsonIgnore
     public boolean isTerninated() {
         return this.current.isTerninated();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutionDelay.java b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutionDelay.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b43d82e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutionDelay.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.kestra.core.runners;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Value;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+
+@Value
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@Builder
+public class ExecutionDelay {
+    @NotNull
+    String taskRunId;
+
+    @NotNull
+    String executionId;
+
+    @NotNull
+    Instant date;
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/Executor.java b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/Executor.java
index 8c82415aa5..f95f4de846 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/Executor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/Executor.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class Executor {
     private final List<TaskRun> nexts = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<WorkerTask> workerTasks = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<WorkerTaskResult> workerTaskResults = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<ExecutionDelay> executionDelays = new ArrayList<>();
     private WorkerTaskResult joined;
     private final List<WorkerTaskExecution> workerTaskExecutions = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ public Executor withWorkerTaskResults(List<WorkerTaskResult> workerTaskResults,
         return this;
     }
 
+    public Executor withWorkerTaskDelays(List<ExecutionDelay> executionDelays, String from) {
+        this.executionDelays.addAll(executionDelays);
+        this.from.add(from);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public Executor withWorkerTaskExecutions(List<WorkerTaskExecution> newExecutions, String from) {
         this.workerTaskExecutions.addAll(newExecutions);
         this.from.add(from);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutorService.java b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutorService.java
index fc7d28f4ad..bc6e34800d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutorService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutorService.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.ResolvedTask;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.Task;
 import io.kestra.core.services.ConditionService;
+import io.kestra.core.tasks.flows.Pause;
 import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -368,9 +370,42 @@ private Executor handleChildWorkerTaskResult(Executor executor) throws InternalE
             return executor;
         }
 
+        executor = this.handlePausedDelay(executor, list);
+
         return executor.withWorkerTaskResults(list, "handleChildWorkerTaskResult");
     }
 
+    private Executor handlePausedDelay(Executor executor, List<WorkerTaskResult> workerTaskResults) throws InternalException {
+        List<ExecutionDelay> list = workerTaskResults
+            .stream()
+            .filter(workerTaskResult -> workerTaskResult.getTaskRun().getState().getCurrent() == State.Type.PAUSED)
+            .map(throwFunction(workerTaskResult -> {
+                Task task = executor.getFlow().findTaskByTaskId(workerTaskResult.getTaskRun().getTaskId());
+
+                if (task instanceof Pause) {
+                    Pause pauseTask = (Pause) task;
+
+                    if (pauseTask.getDelay() != null) {
+                        return ExecutionDelay.builder()
+                            .taskRunId(workerTaskResult.getTaskRun().getId())
+                            .executionId(executor.getExecution().getId())
+                            .date(workerTaskResult.getTaskRun().getState().maxDate().plus(pauseTask.getDelay()))
+                            .build();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return null;
+            }))
+            .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        if (list.size() == 0) {
+            return executor;
+        }
+
+        return executor.withWorkerTaskDelays(list, "handlePausedDelay");
+    }
+
     private Executor handleChildWorkerCreatedKilling(Executor executor) throws InternalException {
         if (executor.getExecution().getTaskRunList() == null || executor.getExecution().getState().getCurrent() != State.Type.KILLING) {
             return executor;
@@ -566,6 +601,18 @@ private Executor handleFlowTask(final Executor executor) {
         return resultExecutor;
     }
 
+    public boolean canBePurged(final Executor executor) {
+        return conditionService.isTerminatedWithListeners(executor.getFlow(), executor.getExecution())
+            // we don't purge pause execution in order to be able to restart automatically in case of delay
+            && executor.getExecution().getState().getCurrent() != State.Type.PAUSED
+            // we don't purge killed execution in order to have feedback about child running tasks
+            // this can be killed lately (after the executor kill the execution), but we want to keep
+            // feedback about the actual state (killed or not)
+            // @TODO: this can lead to infinite state store for most executor topic
+            && executor.getExecution().getState().getCurrent() != State.Type.KILLED;
+
+    }
+
     public void log(Logger log, Boolean in, WorkerTask value) {
         log.debug(
             "{} {} : {}",
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/Pause.java b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/Pause.java
index cd66394abf..7d25be234c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/Pause.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/Pause.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import lombok.ToString;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 @Getter
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @Schema(
-    title = "Pause current execution and wait for a manual approval"
+    title = "Pause current execution and wait for a manual approval or a delay"
 )
 @Plugin(
     examples = {
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@
     }
 )
 public class Pause extends Sequential implements FlowableTask<VoidOutput> {
+    @Schema(
+        title = "Duration of the pause.",
+        description = "If null, a manual approval is need, if not, the delay before automatically continue the execution"
+    )
+    private Duration delay;
+
     @Override
     public List<NextTaskRun> resolveNexts(RunContext runContext, Execution execution, TaskRun parentTaskRun) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
         if (this.needPause(parentTaskRun) || parentTaskRun.getState().getCurrent() == State.Type.PAUSED) {
diff --git a/runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/executors/ExecutorMain.java b/runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/executors/ExecutorMain.java
index 6b5108f1a1..4f24cdc26a 100644
--- a/runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/executors/ExecutorMain.java
+++ b/runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/executors/ExecutorMain.java
@@ -5,23 +5,19 @@
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.ExecutionKilled;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.LogEntry;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.TaskRun;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.State;
-import io.kestra.core.models.templates.Template;
 import io.kestra.core.queues.QueueService;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.*;
 import io.kestra.core.services.ConditionService;
+import io.kestra.core.services.ExecutionService;
 import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
 import io.kestra.runner.kafka.KafkaFlowExecutor;
 import io.kestra.runner.kafka.KafkaQueueEnabled;
-import io.kestra.runner.kafka.KafkaTemplateExecutor;
 import io.kestra.runner.kafka.serializers.JsonSerde;
 import io.kestra.runner.kafka.services.KafkaAdminService;
-import io.kestra.runner.kafka.services.KafkaStreamService;
 import io.kestra.runner.kafka.services.KafkaStreamSourceService;
 import io.kestra.runner.kafka.services.KafkaStreamsBuilder;
 import io.kestra.runner.kafka.streams.*;
-import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
@@ -32,10 +28,10 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.*;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.*;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.KeyValueStore;
-import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.QueryableStoreTypes;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.Stores;
 import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -50,6 +46,7 @@ public class ExecutorMain implements KafkaExecutorInterface {
     private static final String WORKERTASK_DEDUPLICATION_STATE_STORE_NAME = "workertask_deduplication";
     private static final String TRIGGER_DEDUPLICATION_STATE_STORE_NAME = "trigger_deduplication";
     private static final String NEXTS_DEDUPLICATION_STATE_STORE_NAME = "next_deduplication";
+    private static final String EXECUTION_DELAY_STATE_STORE_NAME = "execution_delay";
 
     @Inject
     private KafkaAdminService kafkaAdminService;
@@ -78,6 +75,9 @@ public class ExecutorMain implements KafkaExecutorInterface {
     @Inject
     private KafkaFlowExecutor kafkaFlowExecutor;
 
+    @Inject
+    private ExecutionService executionService;
+
     public StreamsBuilder topology() {
         StreamsBuilder builder = new KafkaStreamsBuilder();
 
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ public StreamsBuilder topology() {
             Serdes.String()
         ));
 
+        // Execution delay
+        builder.addStateStore(Stores.windowStoreBuilder(
+            Stores.persistentWindowStore(EXECUTION_DELAY_STATE_STORE_NAME, Duration.ofDays(7), Duration.ofSeconds(1), false),
+            Serdes.String(),
+            JsonSerde.of(ExecutionDelay.class)
+        ));
+
         // declare common stream
         KStream<String, WorkerTaskResult> workerTaskResultKStream = this.workerTaskResultKStream(builder);
         KStream<String, Executor> executorKStream = this.executorKStream(builder);
@@ -126,8 +133,9 @@ public StreamsBuilder topology() {
         stream = this.handleExecutor(stream);
 
         // save execution
-        this.toExecution(stream);
+        this.toExecution(stream, "Main");
         this.toWorkerTask(stream);
+        this.handleExecutionDelay(stream);
         this.toWorkerTaskResult(stream);
 
         this.toExecutorFlowTriggerTopic(stream);
@@ -248,21 +256,12 @@ private KStream<String, Executor> handleExecutor(KStream<String, Executor> strea
     }
 
     private void purgeExecutor(KStream<String, Executor> stream) {
-        KStream<String, Executor> terminatedWithKilled = stream
+        KStream<String, Executor> terminated = stream
             .filter(
-                (key, value) -> conditionService.isTerminatedWithListeners(value.getFlow(), value.getExecution()),
+                (key, value) -> executorService.canBePurged(value),
                 Named.as("PurgeExecutor.filterTerminated")
             );
 
-        // we don't purge killed execution in order to have feedback about child running tasks
-        // this can be killed lately (after the executor kill the execution), but we want to keep
-        // feedback about the actual state (killed or not)
-        // @TODO: this can lead to infinite state store for most executor topic
-        KStream<String, Executor> terminated = terminatedWithKilled.filter(
-            (key, value) -> value.getExecution().getState().getCurrent() != State.Type.KILLED,
-            Named.as("PurgeExecutor.filterKilledExecution")
-        );
-
         // clean up executor
         terminated
             .mapValues(
@@ -332,7 +331,11 @@ private void purgeExecutor(KStream<String, Executor> stream) {
             );
 
         // clean up killed
-        terminatedWithKilled
+        terminated
+            .filter(
+                (key, value) -> value.getExecution().getState().getCurrent() == State.Type.KILLED,
+                Named.as("PurgeExecutor.filterKilledToNull")
+            )
             .mapValues(
                 (readOnlyKey, value) -> (ExecutionKilled) null,
                 Named.as("PurgeExecutor.executionKilledToNull")
@@ -553,11 +556,28 @@ private void handleWorkerTaskExecution(KTable<String, WorkerTaskExecution> worke
         toWorkerTaskResultSend(joinKStream, "HandleWorkerTaskExecution");
     }
 
+    private void handleExecutionDelay(KStream<String, Executor> stream) {
+        KStream<String, Executor> executionDelayStream = stream
+            .flatMapValues(
+                (readOnlyKey, value) -> value.getExecutionDelays(),
+                Named.as("HandleExecutionDelay.flapMap")
+            )
+            .transform(
+                () -> new ExecutorPausedTransformer(EXECUTION_DELAY_STATE_STORE_NAME, EXECUTOR_STATE_STORE_NAME, executionService),
+                Named.as("HandleExecutionDelay.transform"),
+                EXECUTION_DELAY_STATE_STORE_NAME,
+                EXECUTOR_STATE_STORE_NAME
+            )
+            .filter((key, value) -> value != null, Named.as("HandleExecutionDelay.notNullFilter"));
+
+        toExecution(executionDelayStream, "Delay");
+    }
+
     private void toWorkerTaskResult(KStream<String, Executor> stream) {
         KStream<String, WorkerTaskResult> workerTaskResultKStream = stream
             .flatMapValues(
                 (readOnlyKey, value) -> value.getWorkerTaskResults(),
-                Named.as("HandleWorkerTaskResult.flapMap")
+                Named.as("ToWorkerTaskResult.flapMap")
             );
 
         toWorkerTaskResultSend(workerTaskResultKStream, "HandleWorkerTaskResult");
@@ -603,40 +623,43 @@ private void purgeWorkerRunning(KStream<String, WorkerTaskResult> workerTaskResu
             );
     }
 
-    private void toExecution(KStream<String, Executor> stream) {
+    private void toExecution(KStream<String, Executor> stream, String name) {
         KStream<String, Executor> streamFrom = stream
-            .filter((key, value) -> value.isExecutionUpdated(), Named.as("ToExecution.haveFrom"))
+            .filter((key, value) -> value.isExecutionUpdated(), Named.as(name + "ToExecution.haveFrom"))
             .transformValues(
                 ExecutorAddHeaderTransformer::new,
-                Named.as("ToExecution.addHeaders")
+                Named.as(name + "ToExecution.addHeaders")
             );
 
         // send execution
         KStream<String, Executor> executionKStream = streamFrom
-            .filter((key, value) -> value.getException() == null, Named.as("ToExecutionExecution.notException"));
+            .filter((key, value) -> value.getException() == null, Named.as(name + "ToExecutionExecution.notException"));
 
-        toExecutionSend(executionKStream, "ToExecutionExecution");
+        toExecutionSend(executionKStream, name + "ToExecutionExecution");
 
         // send exception
         KStream<String, Pair<Executor, Execution.FailedExecutionWithLog>> failedStream = streamFrom
-            .filter((key, value) -> value.getException() != null, Named.as("ToExecutionException.isException"))
+            .filter((key, value) -> value.getException() != null, Named.as(name + "ToExecutionException.isException"))
             .mapValues(
                 e -> Pair.of(e, e.getExecution().failedExecutionFromExecutor(e.getException())),
-                Named.as("ToExecutionException.mapToFailedExecutionWithLog")
+                Named.as(name + "ToExecutionException.mapToFailedExecutionWithLog")
             );
 
         failedStream
-            .flatMapValues(e -> e.getRight().getLogs(), Named.as("ToExecutionException.flatmapLogs"))
-            .selectKey((key, value) -> (String)null, Named.as("ToExecutionException.removeKey"))
+            .flatMapValues(e -> e.getRight().getLogs(), Named.as(name + "ToExecutionException.flatmapLogs"))
+            .selectKey((key, value) -> (String)null, Named.as(name + "ToExecutionException.removeKey"))
             .to(
                 kafkaAdminService.getTopicName(LogEntry.class),
-                Produced.with(Serdes.String(), JsonSerde.of(LogEntry.class)).withName("ToExecutionException.toLogEntry")
+                Produced.with(Serdes.String(), JsonSerde.of(LogEntry.class)).withName(name + "ToExecutionException.toLogEntry")
             );
 
         KStream<String, Executor> executorFailedKStream = failedStream
-            .mapValues(e -> e.getLeft().withExecution(e.getRight().getExecution(), "failedExecutionFromExecutor"), Named.as("ToExecutionException.mapToExecutor"));
+            .mapValues(
+                e -> e.getLeft().withExecution(e.getRight().getExecution(), "failedExecutionFromExecutor"),
+                Named.as(name + "ToExecutionException.mapToExecutor")
+            );
 
-        toExecutionSend(executorFailedKStream, "ToExecutionException");
+        toExecutionSend(executorFailedKStream, name + "ToExecutionException");
     }
 
     private void toExecutionSend(KStream<String, Executor> stream, String from) {
diff --git a/runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/streams/ExecutorPausedTransformer.java b/runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/streams/ExecutorPausedTransformer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62020957cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runner-kafka/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/streams/ExecutorPausedTransformer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package io.kestra.runner.kafka.streams;
+
+import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.State;
+import io.kestra.core.runners.ExecutionDelay;
+import io.kestra.core.runners.Executor;
+import io.kestra.core.services.ExecutionService;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Transformer;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Windowed;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.ProcessorContext;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.PunctuationType;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.KeyValueIterator;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.KeyValueStore;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.WindowStore;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class ExecutorPausedTransformer implements Transformer<String, ExecutionDelay, KeyValue<String, Executor>> {
+    private final String storeName;
+    private final String storeExecutorName;
+    private final ExecutionService executionService;
+
+    private WindowStore<String, ExecutionDelay> store;
+
+    private KeyValueStore<String, Executor> storeExecutor;
+
+    public ExecutorPausedTransformer(String storeName, String storeExecutorName, ExecutionService executionService) {
+        this.storeName = storeName;
+        this.storeExecutorName = storeExecutorName;
+        this.executionService = executionService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(ProcessorContext context) {
+        this.store = context.getStateStore(this.storeName);
+        this.storeExecutor = context.getStateStore(this.storeExecutorName);
+
+        context.schedule(Duration.ofSeconds(1), PunctuationType.WALL_CLOCK_TIME, (timestamp) -> {
+            try (final KeyValueIterator<Windowed<String>, ExecutionDelay> iter = store.fetchAll(Instant.EPOCH.toEpochMilli(), timestamp)) {
+                while (iter.hasNext()) {
+                    final KeyValue<Windowed<String>, ExecutionDelay> entry = iter.next();
+
+                    Executor executor = this.storeExecutor.get(entry.key.key());
+
+                    if (executor == null) {
+                        log.warn("Unable to find execution '" + entry.key.key() + "', cannot restart pause!");
+                    } else if (executor.getExecution().getState().getCurrent() != State.Type.PAUSED) {
+                        log.debug("Execution '" + entry.key.key() + "' is not paused (" +  executor.getExecution().getState().getCurrent()  + "), skipping!");
+                    } else {
+                        try {
+                            Execution markAsExecution = executionService.markAs(
+                                executor.getExecution(),
+                                entry.value.getTaskRunId(),
+                                State.Type.RUNNING
+                            );
+
+                            context.forward(
+                                entry.key.key(),
+                                new Executor(markAsExecution, null)
+                                    .withExecution(markAsExecution, "pausedRestart")
+                            );
+
+                        } catch (Exception e) {
+                            context.forward(
+                                entry.key.key(),
+                                new Executor(executor.getExecution(), null)
+                                    .withException(e, "pausedRestart")
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    store.put(entry.key.key(), null, entry.value.getDate().toEpochMilli());
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public KeyValue<String, Executor> transform(String key, ExecutionDelay value) {
+        store.put(key, value, value.getDate().toEpochMilli());
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/runner-memory/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/memory/MemoryExecutor.java b/runner-memory/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/memory/MemoryExecutor.java
index 00d85514ce..9f52548d20 100644
--- a/runner-memory/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/memory/MemoryExecutor.java
+++ b/runner-memory/src/main/java/io/kestra/runner/memory/MemoryExecutor.java
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowRepositoryInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.*;
 import io.kestra.core.services.ConditionService;
+import io.kestra.core.services.ExecutionService;
 import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
 import io.kestra.core.services.TaskDefaultService;
 import io.kestra.core.tasks.flows.Template;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
@@ -36,6 +42,7 @@ public class MemoryExecutor implements ExecutorInterface {
     private static final ConcurrentHashMap<String, ExecutionState> EXECUTIONS = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private static final ConcurrentHashMap<String, WorkerTaskExecution> WORKERTASKEXECUTIONS_WATCHER = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private List<Flow> allFlows;
+    private final ScheduledExecutorService schedulerDelay = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
 
     @Inject
     private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
@@ -80,6 +87,9 @@ public class MemoryExecutor implements ExecutorInterface {
     @Inject
     private MetricRegistry metricRegistry;
 
+    @Inject
+    private ExecutionService executionService;
+
     @Override
     public void run() {
         applicationContext.registerSingleton(new MemoryFlowExecutor(this.flowRepository));
@@ -111,8 +121,7 @@ private Flow transform(Flow flow, Execution execution) {
 
     private void handleExecution(ExecutionState state) {
         synchronized (this) {
-            Flow flow = this.flowRepository.findByExecution(state.execution);
-            flow = transform(flow, state.execution);
+            final Flow flow = transform(this.flowRepository.findByExecution(state.execution), state.execution);
 
             Execution execution = state.execution;
             Executor executor = new Executor(execution, null).withFlow(flow);
@@ -160,6 +169,38 @@ private void handleExecution(ExecutionState state) {
                     .forEach(workerTaskResultQueue::emit);
             }
 
+            if (executor.getExecutionDelays().size() > 0) {
+                executor.getExecutionDelays()
+                    .forEach(workerTaskResultDelay -> {
+                        long between = ChronoUnit.MICROS.between(Instant.now(), workerTaskResultDelay.getDate());
+
+                        if (between <= 0) {
+                            between = 1;
+                        }
+
+                        schedulerDelay.schedule(
+                            () -> {
+                                try {
+                                    ExecutionState executionState = EXECUTIONS.get(workerTaskResultDelay.getExecutionId());
+
+                                    Execution markAsExecution = executionService.markAs(
+                                        executionState.execution,
+                                        workerTaskResultDelay.getTaskRunId(),
+                                        State.Type.RUNNING
+                                    );
+
+                                    executionQueue.emit(markAsExecution);
+                                } catch (Exception e) {
+                                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                                }
+                            },
+                            between,
+                            TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS
+                        );
+                    });
+            }
+
+
             if (executor.getWorkerTaskExecutions().size() > 0) {
                 executor.getWorkerTaskExecutions()
                     .forEach(workerTaskExecution -> {
@@ -245,7 +286,7 @@ private void toExecution(Executor executor) {
         this.handleExecution(saveExecution(executor.getExecution()));
 
         // delete if ended
-        if (conditionService.isTerminatedWithListeners(executor.getFlow(), executor.getExecution())) {
+        if (executorService.canBePurged(executor)) {
             EXECUTIONS.remove(executor.getExecution().getId());
         }
     }

diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/Helpers.java b/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/Helpers.java
index ae3d6c475b..b9aef3a5a5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/Helpers.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/Helpers.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public class Helpers {
-    public static long FLOWS_COUNT = 48;
+    public static long FLOWS_COUNT = 49;
 
     public static ApplicationContext applicationContext() throws URISyntaxException {
         return applicationContext(
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/PauseTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/PauseTest.java
index 207bd1305b..2d00412e9a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/PauseTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/kestra/core/tasks/flows/PauseTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package io.kestra.core.tasks.flows;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import io.kestra.core.exceptions.InternalException;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.State;
@@ -10,14 +8,12 @@
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowRepositoryInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.AbstractMemoryRunnerTest;
 import io.kestra.core.services.ExecutionService;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.inject.Named;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
-
-import jakarta.inject.Inject;
-import jakarta.inject.Named;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
@@ -57,4 +53,23 @@ void run() throws Exception {
 
         assertThat(execution.getState().getCurrent(), is(State.Type.SUCCESS));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void runDelay() throws Exception {
+        Execution execution = runnerUtils.runOne("io.kestra.tests", "pause-delay");
+
+        assertThat(execution.getState().getCurrent(), is(State.Type.PAUSED));
+        assertThat(execution.getTaskRunList().get(0).getState().getCurrent(), is(State.Type.PAUSED));
+        assertThat(execution.getTaskRunList(), hasSize(1));
+
+        execution = runnerUtils.awaitExecution(
+            e -> e.getState().getCurrent() == State.Type.SUCCESS,
+            () -> {},
+            Duration.ofSeconds(30)
+        );
+
+        assertThat(execution.getTaskRunList().get(0).getState().getHistories().stream().filter(history -> history.getState() == State.Type.PAUSED).count(), is(1L));
+        assertThat(execution.getTaskRunList().get(0).getState().getHistories().stream().filter(history -> history.getState() == State.Type.RUNNING).count(), is(2L));
+        assertThat(execution.getTaskRunList(), hasSize(3));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/flows/valids/pause-delay.yaml b/core/src/test/resources/flows/valids/pause-delay.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..941d01a9ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/flows/valids/pause-delay.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+id: pause-delay
+namespace: io.kestra.tests
+
+tasks:
+  - id: pause
+    type: io.kestra.core.tasks.flows.Pause
+    delay: PT1S
+    tasks:
+      - id: ko
+        type: io.kestra.core.tasks.scripts.Bash
+        commands:
+          - echo "trigger after manual restart"
+  - id: last
+    type: io.kestra.core.tasks.debugs.Return
+    format: "{{task.id}} > {{taskrun.startDate}}"
diff --git a/runner-kafka/src/test/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/KafkaExecutorTest.java b/runner-kafka/src/test/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/KafkaExecutorTest.java
index de2a6ceb32..8be37e34f3 100644
--- a/runner-kafka/src/test/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/KafkaExecutorTest.java
+++ b/runner-kafka/src/test/java/io/kestra/runner/kafka/KafkaExecutorTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
@@ -551,6 +552,33 @@ void multipleTrigger() {
         assertThat(triggerExecution.getFlowId(), is("trigger-multiplecondition-listener"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void paused() {
+        startStream(this.executorStore);
+
+        Flow flow = flowRepository.findById("io.kestra.tests", "pause-delay").orElseThrow();
+        this.flowInput().pipeInput(flow.uid(), flow);
+
+
+        startStream(this.executorMain);
+
+        Execution execution = createExecution(flow);
+        assertThat(execution.getState().getCurrent(), is(State.Type.CREATED));
+
+        execution = executionOutput().readRecord().getValue();
+        execution = executionOutput().readRecord().getValue();
+        execution = executionOutput().readRecord().getValue();
+
+        assertThat(execution.getState().getCurrent(), is(State.Type.PAUSED));
+        this.testTopology.advanceWallClockTime(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+
+        execution = executionOutput().readRecord().getValue();
+        assertThat(execution.getState().getCurrent(), is(State.Type.RESTARTED));
+
+        execution = executionOutput().readRecord().getValue();
+        assertThat(execution.getState().getCurrent(), is(State.Type.RUNNING));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void workerRebalanced() {
         startStream(this.executorStore);
