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For any future travelers, the ordering of the wait and block is important; where a conditional is used on a block, the wait should precede it in order for it to not also be dependent on the conditional.

steps:
  - label: Hello, world! 👋
    command: |
      echo "Hello, world!"
  - wait: ~
  - if: time == "night"
    block: Say goodnight! 🥱
  - label: Bed time 🛌
    command: |
      echo "Goodnight, world!"

In the above, the wait is still present no matter the conditional result, so we don't ignore it. However, in the following it would be ignored:

steps:
  - label: Hello, world! 👋
    command: |
      echo "Hello, world!"
  - if: time == "night"
    block: Say goodnight! 🥱
  - wait: ~ 
  - label: Bed time 🛌
    command: |
      echo "Goodnight, world!"

The above wait is dependent on the presence of the block, which is dependent on the conditional being met. Because at upload time we cannot guarantee that the conditional is met or unmet, we cannot determine if the wait will be required, so it's ignored.

We have more documentation on using wait steps with block steps here.

from docs.