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Every Minute

“Every minute”

Runs every single minute of every hour, every day. This is the highest possible cron frequency — 1,440 executions per day.

Every N Minutes1,440 runs/day

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Field Breakdown

Field	Value	Meaning
minute	`*`	every minute
hour	`*`	every hour
day	`*`	every day of month
month	`*`	every month
weekday	`*`	every day of week

minute

hour

day

month

weekday

Lint Analysis

Warning

This runs every minute. That is 1,440 executions per day. Consider if this frequency is needed.

Common Use Cases

✓Real-time metrics collection
✓Minute-level polling
✓High-frequency health checks

Code Examples

Bash / crontab

# Run your script on schedule: * * * * *
* * * * * /path/to/your/script.sh

Node.js (node-cron)

import cron from 'node-cron';

cron.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
  console.log('Running scheduled task');
});

Python (APScheduler)

from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler

scheduler = BlockingScheduler()

@scheduler.scheduled_job('cron', # every minute)
def my_job():
    print('Running scheduled task')

scheduler.start()

GitHub Actions Workflow

Generate a ready-to-use .github/workflows/schedule.yml file. Customize the name and download directly.

GitHub Actions

Workflow Name

Job ID

# .github/workflows/schedule.yml
name: Every Minute

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '* * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch: # allow manual trigger

jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Run scheduled task
        run: |
          echo "Running on schedule: * * * * *"
          # Add your commands here

Save as .github/workflows/schedule.yml in your repository root

Cron Syntax Quick Reference

Field	Allowed Values	Special Chars
minute	0–59	* , - /
hour	0–23	* , - /
day of month	1–31	* , - /
month	1–12 or JAN–DEC	* , - /
day of week	0–7 or SUN–SAT	* , - /

Special characters: *= any value ,= list -= range / = step

Related Patterns — Every N Minutes

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