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Cron: every 5 minutes — */5 * * * *
The step */5 in the minute field matches minutes divisible by 5 — :00, :05, :10 … :55. It anchors to the clock, not to when you installed the job: the first run is at the next multiple of 5, not five minutes after you saved the crontab.
On GitHub Actions this is the fastest legal schedule — 5 minutes is the documented floor — but scheduled workflows are queued, not guaranteed: at busy times runs start minutes late or occasionally drop. If exact 5-minute cadence matters, run it on a machine you control or an external scheduler that hits a workflow_dispatch hook.
What this schedule does, field by field
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | */5 | every minute divisible by 5 (:00, :05, … :55) |
| Hour | * | every hour |
| Day of month | * | every day |
| Month | * | every month |
| Day of week | * | every weekday |
*/5Minute*Hour*Day*Month*WeekdayEvery 5 minutes
Presetsclick to load — converted to the active dialect
Visual buildertwo-way synced with the expression above
Minute
*/5everyfrom
Hour
*Every value (*)
Day
*Every value (*)
Month
*Every value (*)
Weekday
*Every value (*)
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No upcoming runs — the schedule may be entirely in the past (e.g. a fixed year).
Field referenceStandard
| # | Field | Allowed values | Special characters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minute | 0–59 | * , - / |
| 2 | Hour | 0–23 | * , - / |
| 3 | Day of month | 1–31 | * , - / |
| 4 | Month | 1–12 or JAN–DEC | * , - / |
| 5 | Day of week | 0–7 or SUN–SAT (0 and 7 = Sunday) | * , - / |
Macrosstandard crontab shortcuts — click to use
— Once an hour, at minute 0 (≡
0 * * * *) — Once a day, at 00:00 (≡
0 0 * * *) — Once a day, at 00:00 (≡
0 0 * * *) — Once a week, Sunday at 00:00 (≡
0 0 * * 0) — Once a month, on the 1st at 00:00 (≡
0 0 1 * *) — Once a year, on 1 January at 00:00 (≡
0 0 1 1 *) — Once a year, on 1 January at 00:00 (≡
0 0 1 1 *) — Once, at system startup — has no schedule, so next runs cannot be computed
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