[Answered] Cron Jobs Keep Disappearing

[mihir96]

the cron jobs i set up on the cron job section in cpanel keep on disappearing within 5 mins. also the email id updation for the cron job logs keep reverting back to original.

what should i do?

[Sove]

Are you trying to crash the server by running over 2 cron jobs a day? The server seems to automatically remove crons that run way too often (not too often, but way too often).

[mihir96]

i am not trying to crash the server , thank you very much. yes i am trying to run cron jobs at a gap of 30 mins..that is twice every hour. is that too much? if it is please do inform

[wolstech]

You can only run 2 cron jobs per day. A cron running every 30 minutes runs 48 times per day, which is way over the limit. You can run the same job twice a day, 2 different jobs once a day, etc. but no more than two runs total for your account in a 24 hour period.

 

The reason they kept disappearing is because the server saw that it was set to run too frequently and deleted it. I noticed that you also posted over in the suspended section. Your repeated attempts to set your cron job is likely what got you there. A moderator or admin will need to unsuspend you.