fix(cron): notify user when cron job is auto-disabled after repeated errors (#29098) thanks @ningding97

StingNing · ningding97 · Takhoffman · web-flow · commit 5b49cc412976 · 2026-03-01T06:54:02.000-06:00
Verified:
- pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
- pnpm check
- pnpm test -- --run src/cron/service.runs-one-shot-main-job-disables-it.test.ts

Co-authored-by: ningding97 &lt;17723822+ningding97@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
Co-authored-by: Tak Hoffman &lt;781889+Takhoffman@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Cron/Schedule errors: notify users when a job is auto-disabled after repeated schedule computation failures. (#29098) Thanks .
+- Cron/Schedule errors: notify users when a job is auto-disabled after repeated schedule computation failures. (#29098) Thanks .
 - Onboarding/Custom providers: raise default custom-provider model context window to the runtime hard minimum (16k) and auto-heal existing custom model entries below that threshold during reconfiguration, preventing immediate `Model context window too small (4096 tokens)` failures. (#21653) Thanks @r4jiv007.
 - Web UI/Assistant text: strip internal `<relevant-memories>...</relevant-memories>` scaffolding from rendered assistant messages (while preserving code-fence literals), preventing memory-context leakage in chat output for models that echo internal blocks. (#29851) Thanks @Valkster70.
 - Dashboard/Sessions: allow authenticated Control UI clients to delete and patch sessions while still blocking regular webchat clients from session mutation RPCs, fixing Dashboard session delete failures. (#21264) Thanks @jskoiz.
diff --git a/src/cron/service/jobs.ts b/src/cron/service/jobs.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ function recordScheduleComputeError(params: {
       { jobId: job.id, name: job.name, errorCount, err: errText },
       "cron: auto-disabled job after repeated schedule errors",
     );
+
+    // Notify the user so the auto-disable is not silent (#28861).
+    const notifyText = `⚠️ Cron job "${job.name}" has been auto-disabled after ${errorCount} consecutive schedule errors. Last error: ${errText}`;
+    state.deps.enqueueSystemEvent(notifyText, {
+      agentId: job.agentId,
+      sessionKey: job.sessionKey,
+      contextKey: `cron:${job.id}:auto-disabled`,
+    });
+    state.deps.requestHeartbeatNow({
+      reason: `cron:${job.id}:auto-disabled`,
+      agentId: job.agentId,
+      sessionKey: job.sessionKey,
+    });
   } else {
     state.deps.log.warn(
       { jobId: job.id, name: job.name, errorCount, err: errText },
