# Gateway Scheduler Cron not kicking off minute scripts?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scheduler-cron-not-kicking-off-minute-scripts/54899>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, scripting\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scheduler-cron-not-kicking-off-minute-scripts/54899 "2022-01-11T20:47:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![tmahaffey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tmahaffey/32/30949_2.png) [@tmahaffey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmahaffey)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scheduler-cron-not-kicking-off-minute-scripts/54899/1 "2022-01-11T20:47:46Z")

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I moved all my scripts to this scheduler, but it isn’t running them.

The scripts are enabled.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/1/51c9e53323b24931c5fac583814664fae5dca64b.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/2/d25a247747d7caff430c82b231bfa82fdd726fe5.png)

Any suggestions?

Thanks guys

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scheduler-cron-not-kicking-off-minute-scripts/54899/2 "2022-01-11T20:49:29Z")

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What Ignition version? and does it work if you just leave minutes as `*`?

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**Author:** ![tmahaffey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tmahaffey/32/30949_2.png) [@tmahaffey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmahaffey)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scheduler-cron-not-kicking-off-minute-scripts/54899/3 "2022-01-11T20:52:35Z")

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8.1.7

We are upgrading to 8.12 today though.

It does work with just a \*

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scheduler-cron-not-kicking-off-minute-scripts/54899/4 "2022-01-11T20:59:48Z")

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I believe it is failing due to an invalid pattern. I’ve found [https://crontab.guru](https://crontab.guru) to be a helpful site for validating cron syntax for scheduled jobs.

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**Author:** ![tmahaffey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tmahaffey/32/30949_2.png) [@tmahaffey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmahaffey)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scheduler-cron-not-kicking-off-minute-scripts/54899/5 "2022-01-11T22:33:01Z")

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Thanks. I learned that if I want a Cron job every x amount of minutes I keep the star in front.

\*/3 is a cron job every 3 minutes. That website is helpful as well.