After activating this functionality, when pausing the order (changing the status to Paused), the option to select the date until which the order should keep the Paused status, will appear.
Checking is performed every day at midnight and the orders with expired dates will be changed to their designated statuses in settings.
Example of usage:
The customer would like for the order to be kept until a certain date and only then shipped. In that case, pause the order until a certain date and release it only after checking it.
Settings:
Additional settings/Order Management/Settings:
Tick the functionality and select the status which will be assigned to the orders, once the selected pausing date expires: