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title: Configure a Wait Until In-App Engagement Activity
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description: Orchestrate a journey and react in real time based on whether the contact interacts with an in-app message within a certain period. If the engagement doesn’t occur within the predefined time, you can send the contact on an alternate path.
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# Configure a Wait Until In-App Engagement Activity

Orchestrate a journey and react in real time based on whether the contact interacts with an in-app message within a certain period. If the engagement doesn’t occur within the predefined time, you can send the contact on an alternate path.

1. Create a push notification in Journey Builder, or configure an existing Content Builder In-App Message.
2. Drag the **Wait Until In-App Engagement** activity onto the journey canvas immediately after your configured In-App Message activity.
3. Click the **Wait Until In-App Message Engagement** activity.
4. Select one of these engagement types to listen for.
    - Display
    - Dismiss
    - Button Click
5. Click **Edit** in the Maximum Wait Duration tab.
6. Select your duration.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_journeys_and_automations-264-0-0-production-enus/e08cdd71-c1c1-4ae5-a5e9-8a6dad583ad4/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note Select a wait duration of up to 7 days or 168 hours. If the engagement event doesn't occur within this period, the contact follows the No Event path.
7. To review your configuration, click **Summary**.
8. Click **Done**.
9. Configure the rest of your journey, and then click **Activate**.

When a journey version containing a Wait Until Event activity is in Finishing status, events are ignored. Contacts are held in the Wait Until Event activity and exit at the configured Maximum Wait Duration time.