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Cron expression: every 5 minutes

Runs every 5 minutes, on minutes 0, 5, 10 … 55.

*/5 * * * *

Field by field

FieldValueMeaning
Minute*/5Every 5 minutes
Hour*Every hour
Day of month*Every day of the month
Month*Every month
Day of week*Every day of the week

Typical uses

  • Monitoring checks
  • Cache refresh
  • Incremental data sync

Good to know

  • */5 means 'every value of the minute field divisible by 5' — it always aligns to clock minutes, not to when the daemon started.

Related schedules

Every minute* * * * *Every 2 minutes*/2 * * * *Every 10 minutes*/10 * * * *Every 15 minutes*/15 * * * *Every 30 minutes*/30 * * * *

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