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Cron Jobs

Schedule recurring tasks with standard cron expressions. The container starts, runs your command, and shuts down.

railpush.yaml
services:
  - type: cron
    name: nightly-cleanup
    runtime: node
    schedule: "0 2 * * *"  # Every day at 2 AM
    buildCommand: npm install
    startCommand: node scripts/cleanup.js

Cron Expressions​

ExpressionSchedule
* * * * *Every minute
0 * * * *Every hour
0 0 * * *Every day at midnight
0 0 * * 0Every Sunday at midnight
0 0 1 * *First day of every month