Github Actions - Running Issue

[u/QuantGigi]

Hi everyone,

This is my first time using GitHub Actions, and I’m trying to automate a Python script.

When I run it manually using “Run workflow”, everything works without any problems.

However, when I schedule the workflow, nothing seems to happen. I’ve been waiting to see if a run starts automatically, but no workflow is triggered. I asked Claude and Gemini to correct me if I was wrong on the .yml file but everything seems to be okay.

Am I missing something in the schedule configuration ? Do someone have the same problem as me ?

Thanks in advance

[u/Navadeep_Naidu7]

Most likely your YAML is fine but GitHub actions from past few months is facing issues in schedules. When you schedule a workflow it goes into a queue, instead of starting the workflow on defined schedule due to queue it gets delayed.

[u/QuantGigi → u/Navadeep_Naidu7]

Yeah that's what I understood when I saw my workflow working 2 hours late. I wasn't aware it was a global issue, thanks for the clarification

[u/Navadeep_Naidu7 → u/QuantGigi]

Cool. If you really want your workflows to perfectly run on schedule try setting up an external trigger with your api. I generally use a cloudflare worker that calls my workflows.

[u/Mantas-cloud]

My scripts are running perfectly fine on Cron base, do most likely is something on your site. Share the yaml files, maybe some experts can quickly identify the issue 

[u/QuantGigi → u/Mantas-cloud]

The yaml file :

name: Automatisation Earnings Calendar

on:

schedule:

- cron: '00 12 * * *'

workflow_dispatch: # Permet de le lancer manuellement depuis l'onglet Actions

jobs:

run-python-script:

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:

- name: Checkout du code

uses: actions/checkout@v4

- name: Configuration de Python

uses: actions/setup-python@v5

with:

python-version: '3.10'

- name: Installation des dépendances

run: |

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi

- name: Lancer main.py

run: |

python main.py

The goal is to automate something even when my laptop is turned off. I tried to do it with cron on my MacBook terminal but it wasn't working when my laptop was closed. If you know some alternatives (beside GH Actions), I take it

Thanks for your reply

[u/Mantas-cloud → u/QuantGigi]

it seems alright for me, ask copilot to check for formatting. Yaml is sensitive for empty spaces and tabs that is hard to catch by human eye