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Cron expression: every minute

Runs at the start of every minute, 1,440 times a day.

* * * * *

Field by field

Field	Value	Meaning
Minute	`*`	Every minute
Hour	`*`	Every hour
Day of month	`*`	Every day of the month
Month	`*`	Every month
Day of week	`*`	Every day of the week

Typical uses

Heartbeat/health checks
Queue polling in simple setups
Dev/test schedules

Good to know

This is the highest frequency standard cron supports — for seconds, see the every-30-seconds workaround page.

Every 2 minutes*/2 * * * *Every 5 minutes*/5 * * * *Every 10 minutes*/10 * * * *

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