# Time.sleep still not working in VSCode EDu

**URL:** <https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/time-sleep-still-not-working-in-vscode-edu/1705>\
**Category:** Spooky Manor\
**Tags:** time\
**Created:** [February 27, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/time-sleep-still-not-working-in-vscode-edu/1705 "2025-02-27T14:06:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MrAPauls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MrAPauls](https://community.vscodeedu.com/u/MrAPauls)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/time-sleep-still-not-working-in-vscode-edu/1705/1 "2025-02-27T14:06:06Z")

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I am having trouble getting the time library to work. In particular, I would like to use the time.sleep(1) feature available in python, but it does not work. I have read and tried the work around presented in the post below.

[https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/using-time-sleep/990](https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/using-time-sleep/990)

Even when I completed the Spooky Manor tutorial myself, the text was being flushed to output immediately without any pauses.

Is there currently any workaround for time.sleep?

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**Author:** ![jacqueline.russell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.vscodeedu.com/jacqueline.russell/32/241_2.png) [@jacqueline.russell](https://community.vscodeedu.com/u/jacqueline.russell)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/time-sleep-still-not-working-in-vscode-edu/1705/2 "2025-03-05T17:53:35Z")

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Hi Andrew. Apologies for the inconvenience. We are tracking this issue and hope to have a solution soon.

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**Author:** ![MrHughesLEH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MrHughesLEH](https://community.vscodeedu.com/u/MrHughesLEH)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/time-sleep-still-not-working-in-vscode-edu/1705/3 "2025-11-09T13:09:42Z")

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Time library still not working in VSCode (browswer version). This is basic functionality.

You have been working on it since May and it is now November. Any update? Any guidance?

I cannot believe it has taken me this long to find any clear message on this issue.

import time

print(“hi”)

time.sleep(1.5)

print(“Hi Again”)

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**Author:** ![MrHughesLEH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MrHughesLEH](https://community.vscodeedu.com/u/MrHughesLEH)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/time-sleep-still-not-working-in-vscode-edu/1705/4 "2025-11-09T13:12:01Z")

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Any update on making this basic functionality work? It has been several months!

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**Author:** ![vritant.bhardwaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b782af/32.png) [@vritant.bhardwaj](https://community.vscodeedu.com/u/vritant.bhardwaj)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.vscodeedu.com/t/time-sleep-still-not-working-in-vscode-edu/1705/5 "2025-11-14T16:48:15Z")

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Hi Stuart, we are still waiting for Webassembly WASI support to enable this. Unfortunately this isn’t possible at the moment.