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System cron starts Magento 2 cron every minute:

$ crontab -l */1 * * * * /usr/bin/php /home/user/prj/mage2/bin/magento cron:run >> /home/user/prj/mage2/var/log/cron.log

I see new line Ran jobs by schedule. is added every minute into the log.

This is my settings for my task:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Cron:etc/crontab.xsd"> <group id="default"> <job name="my_own" instance="\Vendor\Module\Cron\Task" method="execute"> <schedule>...</schedule> </job> </group> </config>

These settings run my job every 15 minutes in fact (my own message is added every 15 minutes into the log):

<schedule>* * * * *</schedule> <schedule>*/1 * * * *</schedule>

This is my log:

... Ran jobs by schedule. Ran jobs by schedule. Ran jobs by schedule. My own job is started. Ran jobs by schedule. ...

These are Magento 2 cron settings: Magento 2 Cron settings

How can I set <schedule> to run my task every 1 minute?

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  • This should works fine <schedule>* * * * *</schedule> Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:09
  • In fact <schedule>* * * * *</schedule> runs my task every 15 min :( Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:33
  • Something is wrong on ur server. It should work globally as 1 minute. Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:38
  • Yes, it is :( System cron (linux) starts every minute and launches Magento 2 cron every minute but Magento cron launches my own task just once in 15 min for <schedule>* * * * *</schedule> Probably, there are some Magento 2 configuration settings that prevent launch tasks more, then once in 15 min? Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:43
  • Check in cron_schedule table Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:47

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There are 2 groups in Magento 2 cron: index & default. Tasks/jobs are placed into index group will start every 1 minute (by default setup):

<group id="index"> <job name="..." instance="..." method="..."> <schedule>* * * * *</schedule> </job> </group>

Tasks/jobs are placed into default group will start every 15 minutes (by default setup):

<group id="default"> <job name="..." instance="..." method="..."> <schedule>* * * * *</schedule> </job> </group>
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  • Is there any configuration settings for these? Commented Mar 20, 2017 at 12:48
  • Stores / Configuration / Advanced / System / Cron (Scheduled Tasks) / Cron configuration options for group: [index|default] Commented Mar 21, 2017 at 7:36
  • i have setup group id index for every minutes and alredy run cron:run command but its not working for me Commented Jul 14, 2018 at 9:50
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It appears that cron jobs in Magento 2 are limited by their settings defined in the cron group they belong to. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature.

Alex Gusev already points this out in his answer, but to clarify it a bit more: There are 2 cron groups by default in Magento 2: default and index. These are defined in Magento_Indexer/etc/cron_groups.xml and Magento_Cron/etc/cron_groups.xml. For example:

<group id="default"> <schedule_generate_every>15</schedule_generate_every> <schedule_ahead_for>20</schedule_ahead_for> <schedule_lifetime>15</schedule_lifetime> <history_cleanup_every>10</history_cleanup_every> <history_success_lifetime>60</history_success_lifetime> <history_failure_lifetime>600</history_failure_lifetime> <use_separate_process>0</use_separate_process> </group>

These cron group determine the default / global values of every cron job. I'm not sure how it works but according to my own tests you cannot set a cron to run more often per hour than determined in the schedule_generate_every-setting. So for example, if you have something like this:

<group id="default"> <job name="custom_module" instance="Custom\Module\Cron\DoSomething" method="execute"> <schedule>*/1 * * * *</schedule> </job> </group>

Even though you might expect that this cronjob is scheduled every minute, it's global settings limit it to a minimum timeframe of 15 minutes.

To solve this, you can either:

  • Edit the setting in the system configuration (Advanced → System → Cron), or:
  • Override the global default in your module by adding a cron_groups.xml-file of your own (assuming that the client did not already tinker with the configuration settings):

Example config_groups.xml-file:

<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Cron:etc/cron_groups.xsd"> <group id="default"> <schedule_generate_every>1</schedule_generate_every> </group> </config>

Bug? Feature? Misleading configuration setting? I'm not sure how to call this. You could argue that it's a good thing that you have a global scope that can limit 100+ modules to try to run a cron every minute. On the other hand: If I'm a developer who knows what he's doing, there might be good reasons to run every minute.

If running every minute is mandatory it might also be an idea to add a whole new cron group for your configuration (don't pollute the index-cron group with non-indexing cron jobs). But that's a matter of architecture and I'll leave that up to you.

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    I don't think that is correct. The schedule_generate_every tells Magento to update the schedule for this cron group every 15 mins. If you set a job to run every minute in that group then Magento would generate 15 cron_schedule entries for that job, one for each minute. Commented Apr 20, 2018 at 13:41
  • I would expect that too, but these are the results I observed at the time. I'm not even sure which Magento version it was anymore. 2.0? 2.1? Results may differ in the meanwhile. I was also questioning whether this was a bug or a feature. Commented Apr 23, 2018 at 7:59
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To schedule once per minute, need to give

* * * * *

From Left to right, 1st star represents Minute(range: 0-59) 2nd represents Hour(range: 0-23) 3rd represents Day of the Month (range: 1-31) 4th represents Month of the Year (range: 1-12) 5th represents Day of the Week (range: 1-7, 1 standing for Monday)

Refer Link for cron timing : http://www.nncron.ru/help/EN/working/cron-format.htm

Reference Link for setting custom cron : http://www.dckap.com/blog/how-to-set-and-configure-custom-cron-jobs-in-magento-2/

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It's not clear from your question which schedule you want, so here are both:

Every 1 minute:

* * * * *

Every 15 minutes:

*/15 * * * *

You may find this tool useful for creating/debugging cron schedules: https://crontab.guru/

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  • I have added an "echo" statement in my task and echoed message appears every 15 min for "* * * * *" schedule. So, in fact this settings runs my task every 15 min., not every minute. Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:37
  • Check your configuration under Stores > Configuration > Advanced > System > Cron (Scheduled Tasks). Make sure the schedule settings are OK for your setup. Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:47
  • All settings are unchanged (set by default). Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 6:50
  • Hi Danny Nimmo, Its working when i am running cron:run command. That's mean every time i am running cron:run command than its working Commented Jul 17, 2018 at 11:34
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Please Try

*/1 * * * *

for scheduling cron at each minute. You can check your cron entries in the cron_schedule table to see the scheduling entries done by Magento.

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Please add * * * * * in your schedule tag in xml file.

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