Troubleshooting
Why isn't my cron job running?
Practical, fix-first guides for the most common reasons scheduled jobs silently stop — by platform and stack.
Hetzner
Hetzner cron job not running? Here's how to fix it
Your crontab entry never fires (or fires but does nothing) on a Hetzner VPS.
Docker
Docker container cron not running? Fixes that actually work
Cron inside your container never fires, or fires but can't send email or see your env vars.
Laravel
Laravel scheduler not running? Fix the silent failure
schedule:run is set up but your Laravel scheduled tasks never execute on the server.
Kubernetes
Kubernetes CronJob not running? Diagnose it fast
Your CronJob exists but no Jobs are created, or pods start and fail without notice.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu cron not sending email? Why, and what to do instead
Your cron job runs but the output email (errors, reports) never arrives.