Cron Troubleshooting
When a cron job isn't behaving as expected, work through these checks in order. Most issues fall into one of four categories: timing, delivery, permissions, or
When a cron job isn't behaving as expected, work through these checks in order. Most issues fall into one of four categories: timing, delivery, permissions, or skill loading. Look for the job and confirm its state is (not or ). If it shows , the repeat count may be exhausted — edit the job to reset it. …
What this page covers
- Jobs Not Firing
- Check 1: Verify the job exists and is active
- Check 2: Confirm the schedule is correct
- Check 3: Is the gateway running?
- Check 4: Check the system clock and timezone
- Delivery Failures
- Check 1: Verify the deliver target is correct
- Check 2: Check [SILENT] usage
- Check 3: Platform token permissions
- Check 4: Response wrapping
- Skill Loading Failures
- Check 1: Verify skills are installed
- Check 2: Check skill name vs. skill folder name
- Check 3: Skills that require interactive tools
- Check 4: Multi-skill ordering
- Job Errors and Failures
- Check 1: Review recent job output
- Check 2: Common error patterns
- Check 3: Lock contention
- Check 4: Permissions on jobs.json
- Performance Issues
- Slow job startup
- Too many overlapping jobs
- Large script output
- Diagnostic Commands
- Getting More Help
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