GitHub Actions scheduled workflows never trigger #212519
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You've already covered the usual causes (default branch, The Nov 9 incident probably isn't the cause The status page incident ran from 10:00 to about 11:06 UTC for Actions and described delays in run start times, not missing runs. Your Monday 08:00 run was due two hours before it started, and delayed runs still show up later with You're not the only one this week Several other threads report scheduled runs that are never created while push or manual runs work:
That pattern points to something on GitHub's side rather than your config. Linking these threads together helps staff see it's not a one-off. One more check: who last changed the cron line GitHub links a scheduled workflow to the user who last modified its cron syntax. For example, that's who gets the notifications for it (docs). Check who that was: git log -1 --format='%an <%ae>' -- .github/workflows/cron-scheduler-test.ymlIf it was a bot, a GitHub App or an automation token, change the cron line once from a real organisation member's account (the web editor is fine) and give it about 30 minutes. A workaround for the production report Since gh workflow run 405695271 --repo alljigsawpuzzles/ajp-trading-reports --ref mainThat calls the create a workflow dispatch event API. Use a fine-grained token limited to this repo with Actions: read and write. Keep |
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I’m seeing the same issue in a private repository. The Actions API showed 16 runs and zero scheduled runs. Manual runs succeeded. A separate diagnostic on the default branch was set to run every five minutes, but its only two runs were triggered by pushes. I disabled and re-enabled it, and the next API check still showed zero scheduled runs. Can GitHub staff check whether the schedules are registered or suggest how to restore them? |
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Seeing the same issue in a public repository. My scheduled workflows either don't run at all or run at irregular times. |
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Thanks for sharing these details. I'm researching how engineering teams
monitor GitHub Actions and handle unexpected workflow failures.
I'd like to understand a little more about the impact of this issue:
1.
Has this happened to you before, or was this an isolated incident?
2.
Did the stuck deployment cause any delays or business impact?
3.
How much time did you spend investigating and trying to resolve it?
I'm trying to understand how teams currently handle these situations and
where existing monitoring tools fall short.
Thanks again!
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… Seeing the same issue in a public repository.
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Same here, private repo on a Free personal account. actions/runs?event=schedule returns total_count: 0 ever; push and workflow_dispatch work. Crons with and without timezone: both fail, including a */5 * * * * probe left for 55 minutes, and disable/enable didn't help. Started with schedules added Nov 11, 2026. |
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Thanks for sharing these details. The fact that push and workflow_dispatch
triggers work while scheduled workflows never create runs is particularly
interesting.
I'm researching GitHub Actions reliability and how engineering teams
monitor scheduled workflows.
I'm curious: Did the missing scheduled executions affect any important
tasks, such as deployments, reports, backups, or automated maintenance? Or
was this mainly a testing issue?
Also, are you currently using any external monitoring to detect missed
scheduled runs, or do you rely entirely on GitHub's Actions dashboard and
API?
Thanks for sharing your experience!
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… Same here, private repo on a Free personal account.
actions/runs?event=schedule returns total_count: 0 ever; push and
workflow_dispatch work. Crons with and without timezone: both fail,
including a */5 * * * * probe left for 55 minutes, and disable/enable
didn't help. Started with schedules added Nov 11, 2026.
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Thanks again for sharing your experience.
I'm currently exploring a product concept called *GitHub Actions Cost &
Reliability Intelligence*.
The goal is to help engineering teams:
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Detect stuck workflow runs and abnormal execution states.
-
Monitor runner and workflow reliability across multiple repositories.
-
Identify wasted CI minutes and unexpected costs.
-
Receive alerts and actionable diagnostic recommendations.
I'd like to ask you:
*If a tool like this could help your team detect GitHub Actions issues
earlier, reduce investigation time, and avoid workflow disruptions, would
your company be willing to pay for it?*
If so, what features or measurable results would it need to provide to
justify the purchase?
I'd appreciate your honest opinion, even if the answer is no.
Thank you!
في الخميس، 12 نوفمبر 2026 في 7:43 م تمت كتابة ما يلي بواسطة bdavc <
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… I am experiencing the same issue with a private repository on November 11,
2026, at 20:18 UTC.
The workflow remains queued, with zero jobs created. My self-hosted
Windows runner is online and idle, including after a restart.
Cancellation through the GitHub UI fails, and the force-cancel API returns
HTTP 409: "Cannot cancel a workflow run that has not been queued yet."
GitHub Support automatically closed my ticket because my account only has
access to self-service support resources.
Has anyone found a reliable recovery procedure that does not bypass
concurrency safeguards or risk duplicate executions? Is there a way to
escalate this infrastructure issue to GitHub staff?
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Hi!
I'm currently researching how engineering teams use GitHub Actions,
particularly around CI/CD costs, wasted workflow runs, and reliability
issues.
I'd really appreciate your perspective on a few questions:
1.
What is the biggest challenge your team faces when using GitHub Actions?
2.
How often do you experience unexpected CI costs, wasted workflow runs,
or workflow reliability issues?
3.
Can you describe the last time one of these problems occurred and how
much time or money it cost your team?
4.
How does your team currently monitor GitHub Actions costs, identify
wasted CI minutes, and detect workflow failures? Do you use any paid tools?
5.
If a tool could identify unnecessary workflow usage, explain cost
increases, and detect reliability issues early, would your company consider
paying for it? Why or why not?
6.
What monthly price would your company realistically consider for a tool
like this? Would your team be willing to test an early prototype?
Your honest feedback would be extremely valuable to my research, even if
your answer is that your team doesn't need such a tool.
Thank you for your time!
في الخميس، 12 نوفمبر 2026 في 8:17 م تمت كتابة ما يلي بواسطة AESHA RHEL
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… Thanks again for sharing your experience.
I'm currently exploring a product concept called *GitHub Actions Cost &
Reliability Intelligence*.
The goal is to help engineering teams:
-
Detect stuck workflow runs and abnormal execution states.
-
Monitor runner and workflow reliability across multiple repositories.
-
Identify wasted CI minutes and unexpected costs.
-
Receive alerts and actionable diagnostic recommendations.
I'd like to ask you:
*If a tool like this could help your team detect GitHub Actions issues
earlier, reduce investigation time, and avoid workflow disruptions, would
your company be willing to pay for it?*
If so, what features or measurable results would it need to provide to
justify the purchase?
I'd appreciate your honest opinion, even if the answer is no.
Thank you!
في الخميس، 12 نوفمبر 2026 في 7:43 م تمت كتابة ما يلي بواسطة bdavc <
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> I am experiencing the same issue with a private repository on November
> 11, 2026, at 20:18 UTC.
>
> The workflow remains queued, with zero jobs created. My self-hosted
> Windows runner is online and idle, including after a restart.
>
> Cancellation through the GitHub UI fails, and the force-cancel API
> returns HTTP 409: "Cannot cancel a workflow run that has not been queued
> yet."
>
> GitHub Support automatically closed my ticket because my account only has
> access to self-service support resources.
>
> Has anyone found a reliable recovery procedure that does not bypass
> concurrency safeguards or risk duplicate executions? Is there a way to
> escalate this infrastructure issue to GitHub staff?
>
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I am experiencing the same issue in my repositories. I am using a free account, and scheduled workflow tasks—in both public and private repositories—are failing to execute as expected, though schedule: |
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Hi!
I'm currently researching a SaaS product concept called *GitHub Actions
Cost & Reliability Intelligence*.
The goal is to help engineering teams monitor GitHub Actions costs,
identify wasted CI minutes, detect stuck or missed workflow runs, and
receive actionable recommendations to improve cost efficiency and
reliability.
I'd really appreciate your feedback on these 5 questions:
*1.*
What are the biggest challenges your team faces when managing GitHub
Actions costs and workflow reliability?
*2.*
How much do these problems affect your team in terms of wasted money,
engineering time, delayed deployments, or interrupted workflows?
*3. *
How does your team currently monitor and manage these problems? Do you use
any dedicated or paid tools?
*4.*
If a tool could help your team reduce CI costs, identify wasted minutes,
detect workflow failures earlier, and save engineering time, would your
company consider paying for it? Why or why not?
*5.*
What monthly price would your company consider reasonable for a tool like
this? Would your team be willing to test an early version if it addressed
your needs?
Your honest feedback would be extremely valuable to my research. Even if
your company wouldn't pay for such a tool, I'd appreciate knowing why.
Thank you for your time!
في الجمعة، 13 نوفمبر 2026 في 8:29 ص تمت كتابة ما يلي بواسطة 邵德奇 <
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… I am experiencing the same issue in my repositories. I am using a free
account, and scheduled workflow tasks—in both public and private
repositories—are failing to execute as expected, though workflow_dispatch
triggers work fine.
Here is my cron configuration; over the last five days, it has triggered
only once (and even then, it did not run at the scheduled time—it was 7
hours late).
schedule:
- cron: '58 9 * * *
timezone: 'Asia/Shanghai'`
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Issue
GitHub Actions scheduled workflows are not triggering in our private organisation repository, despite the workflows being enabled, correctly configured on the default branch, and executing successfully when manually dispatched.
Repository:
alljigsawpuzzles/ajp-trading-reportsExpected behaviour: Workflows configured with
on: scheduleshould automatically execute at their scheduled times.Actual behaviour: No scheduled workflow runs are created. Manual
workflow_dispatchruns execute successfully.Original issue
We have a production reporting workflow scheduled every Monday at 08:00 UK time (subsequently changed to 08:17).
On Monday, 9 November 2026, the scheduled execution did not occur. The workflow was enabled, present on the default branch (
main), and had previously executed successfully when manually triggered.To isolate the issue, we created a separate minimal workflow with no external dependencies.
Minimal reproduction
.github/workflows/cron-scheduler-test.ymlThis workflow was committed to
mainand left for over 30 minutes without a single scheduled execution.We then changed the cron expression to
2-59/5 * * * *and committed the change tomain, attempting to refresh the schedule registration. No scheduled runs were observed following that change either.However, manually triggering this same workflow through
workflow_dispatchcompleted successfully in approximately seven seconds.Configuration and troubleshooting
We have verified the following:
main.main.GitHub REST API evidence
Querying the workflow API:
gh api repos/alljigsawpuzzles/ajp-trading-reports/actions/workflows \ --jq '.workflows[] | {name, path, state, id}'All three workflows report
state: active.Repository Actions permissions:
{ "enabled": true, "allowed_actions": "all", "sha_pinning_required": false }Querying scheduled workflow runs:
Returns:
{ "total_count": 0 }Relevant workflow IDs:
405695271411886025GitHub Actions incident
We noticed GitHub's status page reporting an incident affecting Actions and Webhooks on 9 November 2026, beginning with an investigation update at 10:00 UTC.
We cannot establish whether this incident is related. Our original Monday scheduled execution was due before that update.
Questions
state: active?We also submitted GitHub Support ticket #4976275, but it was closed automatically because our account only has access to self-service support resources.
Any suggestions for further diagnostics or a reliable resolution would be appreciated. We have already ruled out the common causes involving default branches, disabled workflows, invalid cron expressions and workflow execution failures.
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