# @disabled and # @sleep <duration> directives #32

Why

httpyac parity, and two small things people reach for: keeping a request in a file without it running in the flow, and pausing before a request against a rate-limited API.

What

• # @disabled: the request is skipped when its file runs as a flow, by a (run all) in the UI, by I run the file in features and by MCP run_file. apic run <id> still sends it (the user asked for it by name). list marks it (dimmed in the UI, "disabled": true in --json); flow output shows skipped (disabled).
• # @sleep <duration>: wait that long before sending. Shown in describe. Cancellable.
• Both are warnings-free in validate; a bad duration is an error.

Where

internal/httpfile/parse.go, ast.go, internal/runner/runner.go (RunAll), internal/ui/list.go, internal/bdd/steps.go, internal/mcp/server.go, internal/cli/inspect.go (list).

Docs

docs/format.md, docs/cheatsheet.md, docs/cli.md (list JSON field).

Tests

Parser cases; a flow test where the disabled request is skipped and counted; a direct run of a disabled request; a sleep test with a fake sleeper.