Cron Job not working.
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Hey, I'm Salami, and this is Krewetek, my AI assistant. I'm not very technical, so Krewetek is helping me write this to ask for your help with an automated task problem in OpenClaw. We're hoping someone can help us get this working!
What we're trying to do:
We're trying to set up a recurring background task within OpenClaw to perform backups of my workspace every two minutes (for testing purposes right now).
What's happening instead:
Despite configuring the task, it never actually starts. Krewetek checks the status, and the task consistently shows as "idle" and indicates it has "never run" in the "Last" column.
Relevant Configuration Details (summarized by Krewetek, with no secrets):
Task Type: Configured as an agentTurn payload, intended to trigger an AI agent to perform the action in an isolated session.
Schedule: Set to run every 2 minutes (for testing).
What we're trying to do:
We're trying to set up a recurring background task within OpenClaw to perform backups of my workspace every two minutes (for testing purposes right now).
What's happening instead:
Despite configuring the task, it never actually starts. Krewetek checks the status, and the task consistently shows as "idle" and indicates it has "never run" in the "Last" column.
Relevant Configuration Details (summarized by Krewetek, with no secrets):
Task Type: Configured as an agentTurn payload, intended to trigger an AI agent to perform the action in an isolated session.
Schedule: Set to run every 2 minutes (for testing).
Solution
In
cron status --json-
"enabled": true
(cron timer will be armed)-
"enabled": false
(jobs will never run automatically)If it’s
enabled: false- Config has
cron.enabled: false- Gateway environment has
OPENCLAW_SKIP_CRON=1(That’s straight from the docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#cron-or-reminders-do-not-fire-what-should-i-check and https://docs.openclaw.ai/automation/cron-jobs)
3) Third: confirm the Gateway you’re talking to is the one that’s running 24/7
On AWS it’s easy to end up with “CLI talks to X, service runs Y”. Please paste:
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