Cron jobs not getting triggered as intended. #190423
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Hey, your syntax and setup actually look perfect. Since you already confirmed it runs fine manually and it's on the Because everyone schedules their cron jobs exactly on the hour or half-hour (like your Also, since this is a private repo, just do a quick check on your GitHub billing settings. If you've accidentally used up your free Actions minutes for the month, scheduled workflows will just silently fail to trigger without giving you an error. Hope that helps! If it solves the problem, feel free to mark this as the answer. It helps other people with the same issue find the fix faster. jannoguer |
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Also running into this from a private repo I just created. I saw online that people said I should be able to see a "Schedule" tab under my action, but that tab doesn't exist. I am able to manually run the job |
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My scheduled workflows (cron) are not being registered at all, too. Manual runs work normally. |
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I am also have the same issue on my public repository (just created this week). I even created a basic cron test scheduled for every 5 minutes but it never triggers.
name: crontest on: jobs: I am new at this but I've tried to follow all the advice I could find about all the settings and file/branch structure. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Why are you starting this discussion?
Bug
What GitHub Actions topic or product is this about?
Schedule & Cron Jobs
Discussion Details
1. Impacted repository:
radzvirima/virima-website-monitor(private)2. Workflow path and name:
.github/workflows/monitor.yml—Website Monitor3. Cron syntax in the workflow:
Additional context: Multiple commits have been pushed to the default branch (
main) after adding/changing cron schedules. The workflow runs successfully viaworkflow_dispatchbut scheduled triggers do not fire. We also tried disabling and re-enabling the workflow via the API. The workflow was created on March 23, 2026.Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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