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Is it possible to schedule gitlab pipeline in less than an hour?

I try to set up a scheduled pipeline that runs every 20 mins. I use the customized cron syntax (*/20 * * * *) in the setting, but gitlab doesn't honor this and still runs it every hour.

Is this a gitlab bug or did I miss something?

Solution

  • Check out GitLab schedules: it does mention:

    The pipelines won't be executed precisely, because schedules are handled by Sidekiq, which runs according to its interval.

    For example, if you set a schedule to create a pipeline every minute (* * * * *) and the Sidekiq worker runs on 00:00 and 12:00 every day (0 */12 * * *), only 2 pipelines will be created per day.

    To change the Sidekiq worker's frequency, you have to edit the pipeline_schedule_worker_cron value in your gitlab.rb and restart GitLab.