# Wait for download and detectors issues and needs

**URL:** <https://discourse.openiap.io/t/wait-for-download-and-detectors-issues-and-needs/2035>\
**Category:** Issues and feature requests\
**Created:** [February 12, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/wait-for-download-and-detectors-issues-and-needs/2035 "2025-02-12T09:55:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bernd1](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bernd1](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Bernd1)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/wait-for-download-and-detectors-issues-and-needs/2035/1 "2025-02-12T09:55:35Z")

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Hello,

i have two things.

Wait for Download Timeout seems not to be triggered  
i try it out with 2 ways  
1 get element and click  
2 and with detectors

the waiting for download works perfectly but the timeout never reached if element or detector not give a result

My Second Question is it possible to parse a variable in the file Detector settings? I want to give him a file path string variable from my workflow.

Workflow description:  
The Worklow starts with asking the user where is a certained input csv and where the user wants to save the resultFiles from a webbrowser automation:  
This ResultFolderPath should be accessable via the Detector configurator.

Later on the robot opens a webpage and start a download from elements of a list from the webpage. the robot clicks on a list item a new tab is opben and then user presses the download button. Then the wait for download actitivty starts here.

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**Author:** ![Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/user_avatar/discourse.openiap.io/allan_zimmermann/32/12_2.png) [@Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Allan_Zimmermann)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/wait-for-download-and-detectors-issues-and-needs/2035/2 "2025-02-12T10:39:35Z")

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hey, @Bernd1

1. yeah, timeout can be a little confusing. the timeout is how long openrpa waits for the chrome extension to reply … Not how long it waits for the download to complete. If a download is not started, it will wait for ever.  
It’s on the backlog to add the option for “real” timeouts for `Invoke OpenRPA`, `Invoke OpenFlow`, `Wait for download` and other similar activities.
2. That is not directly possible, the browser decides where a file is located and it’s name, but you will get the filename in the detector event on `Wait for Download` and you can then move/rename the file as you see fit.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.openiap.io/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a1ca7b164ac9a826839704d9ac82c7b5e6bcf557.png) [@system](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/wait-for-download-and-detectors-issues-and-needs/2035/3 "2025-02-19T10:40:05Z")

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