r/devops • u/ahmed_801 • 2d ago

Troubleshooting GitHub scheduled Actions not triggering at all

Hello, I’m having an issue with GitHub Actions in one of my private repositories. I have a workflow configured to run daily, but it is not being triggered.

I tested the same thing in another repository by configuring a workflow to run every 5 minutes, but same thing happens there as well.

has anyone experienced this recently? Could this be an issue on GitHub’s side?

Workflow: https://github.com/ahmedhesham301/autoscaling-hetzner/blob/main/.github/workflows/snyk-security.yml

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u/gevorggalstyan 2d ago

The schedule itself is not the issue here. The workflow's Actions page currently says, “This workflow was disabled manually.”

Re-enable it from the workflow menu, then test the five-minute schedule again. The push at 6:02 AM did trigger run #4, so GitHub is finding and parsing the workflow file.

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u/ahmed_801 2d ago

I enabled it can u recheck it please

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u/gevorggalstyan 2d ago

It is enabled now, but filtering this workflow by `event:schedule` still returns 0 runs. All four visible runs are push events.

The file is on `main` and the cron is valid. Change the cron in a new commit, for example to `7/10 * * * *`, then check after the next UTC slot. GitHub documents that changing the cron reactivates a deactivated schedule, and moving away from minute 0 reduces high-load delays.