cron every-10-minutes

*/10 * * * *

Every 10 Minutes

Field Breakdown

*/10

Minute (0–59)

every 10

*

Hour (0–23)

any

*

Day of Month (1–31)

any

*

Month (1–12)

any

*

Day of Week (0–6)

any

0–59

0–23

1–31

1–12

0–6 (Sun–Sat)

Runs 6 times per hour at minutes 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Reduces server load compared to every-5-minutes while keeping latency under 10 minutes. Suitable for services with API rate limits.

Next 5 Executions (Example)

UTC example times after 2026-01-01

#1Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC

#2Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC

#3Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC

#4Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC

#5Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC

Platform Usage

Linux Crontab— Run crontab -e and add the line

# crontab -e
*/10 * * * * /path/to/script.sh
# With logging:
*/10 * * * * /path/to/script.sh >> /var/log/myjob.log 2>&1

Kubernetes CronJob— Set in spec.schedule field

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: my-cronjob
spec:
  schedule: "*/10 * * * *"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: my-job
            image: my-image:latest
          restartPolicy: OnFailure

GitHub Actions— Add to on.schedule trigger

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/10 * * * *'

jobs:
  my-job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: ./my-script.sh

Common Use Cases

▸API data sync within rate limits
▸Expired session cleanup
▸Temporary file cleanup
▸Metrics aggregation
▸External service status checks

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