This read-write INTEGER specifies the initial pause time, in milliseconds, per new node added, before initiating conditional updates upon node addition to the network. An administrator uses this to stagger how quickly the node begins flooding conditional (non-mandatory) updates after new nodes join, avoiding a thundering-herd update storm. For example, when several nodes join the network at once, this staggered pause spreads out the resulting conditional update traffic instead of sending it all at once.