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What does */5 * * * * mean?

*/5 * * * *

Runs every 5 minutes.

This is a cron schedule. Cron is the standard syntax used by Unix/Linux crontab, CI pipelines, and job schedulers to say when a task should run.

Next run times (UTC)
Sun Jul 19 2026 19:15:00 UTC
Sun Jul 19 2026 19:20:00 UTC
Sun Jul 19 2026 19:25:00 UTC
Sun Jul 19 2026 19:30:00 UTC
Sun Jul 19 2026 19:35:00 UTC
Sun Jul 19 2026 19:40:00 UTC

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