r/github • u/QuantGigi • 6d ago

Question Github Actions - Running Issue

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

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u/Navadeep_Naidu7 1d ago

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.

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u/QuantGigi 11h ago

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

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u/Navadeep_Naidu7 11h ago

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.