woodpecker/docs/versioned_docs/version-2.8/20-usage/45-cron.md

Cron

To configure cron jobs you need at least push access to the repository.

Add a new cron job

1. To create a new cron job adjust your pipeline config(s) and add the event filter to all steps you would like to run by the cron job:

    steps:
      - name: sync_locales
        image: weblate_sync
        settings:
          url: example.com
          token:
            from_secret: weblate_token
   +    when:
   +      event: cron
   +      cron: "name of the cron job" # if you only want to execute this step by a specific cron job
   

2. Create a new cron job in the repository settings:

   

   The supported schedule syntax can be found at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/robfig/cron?utm_source=godoc#hdr-CRON_Expression_Format. If you need general understanding of the cron syntax https://it-tools.tech/crontab-generator is a good place to start and experiment.

   Examples: @every 5m, @daily, 0 30 * * * * ...

   :::info Woodpeckers cron syntax starts with seconds instead of minutes as used by most linux cron schedulers.

   Example: "At minute 30 every hour" would be 0 30 * * * * instead of 30 * * * * :::