rules/4.0.0/scheduled-tasks.md
Recurring tasks using cron. For one-off future runs, use the delay option.
import { schedules } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
export const task = schedules.task({
id: "first-scheduled-task",
run: async (payload) => {
payload.timestamp; // Date (scheduled time, UTC)
payload.lastTimestamp; // Date | undefined
payload.timezone; // IANA, e.g. "America/New_York" (default "UTC")
payload.scheduleId; // string
payload.externalId; // string | undefined
payload.upcoming; // Date[]
payload.timestamp.toLocaleString("en-US", { timeZone: payload.timezone });
},
});
Scheduled tasks need at least one schedule attached to run.
Declarative (sync on dev/deploy):
schedules.task({
id: "every-2h",
cron: "0 */2 * * *", // UTC
run: async () => {},
});
schedules.task({
id: "tokyo-5am",
cron: { pattern: "0 5 * * *", timezone: "Asia/Tokyo", environments: ["PRODUCTION", "STAGING"] },
run: async () => {},
});
Imperative (SDK or dashboard):
await schedules.create({
task: task.id,
cron: "0 0 * * *",
timezone: "America/New_York", // DST-aware
externalId: "user_123",
deduplicationKey: "user_123-daily", // updates if reused
});
// /trigger/reminder.ts
export const reminderTask = schedules.task({
id: "todo-reminder",
run: async (p) => {
if (!p.externalId) throw new Error("externalId is required");
const user = await db.getUser(p.externalId);
await sendReminderEmail(user);
},
});
// app/reminders/route.ts
export async function POST(req: Request) {
const data = await req.json();
return Response.json(
await schedules.create({
task: reminderTask.id,
cron: "0 8 * * *",
timezone: data.timezone,
externalId: data.userId,
deduplicationKey: `${data.userId}-reminder`,
})
);
}
* * * * *
| | | | └ day of week (0–7 or 1L–7L; 0/7=Sun; L=last)
| | | └── month (1–12)
| | └──── day of month (1–31 or L)
| └────── hour (0–23)
└──────── minute (0–59)
await schedules.retrieve(id);
await schedules.list();
await schedules.update(id, { cron: "0 0 1 * *", externalId: "ext", deduplicationKey: "key" });
await schedules.deactivate(id);
await schedules.activate(id);
await schedules.del(id);
await schedules.timezones(); // list of IANA timezones
Create/attach schedules visually (Task, Cron pattern, Timezone, Optional: External ID, Dedup key, Environments). Test scheduled tasks from the Test page.