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Overview

Advanced scheduling features for more control over when and how your Projects execute automatically. Status: 🔮 Planned for 2027 Q1

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Current Scheduling (Available Now)

Basic schedule triggers:
  • Cron expressions
  • Simple intervals
  • One-time scheduled executions
  • Timezone support
See: Triggers documentation for current capabilities.

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What’s Coming

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Visual Schedule Builder

No more cron syntax:
  • Pick days and times visually
  • See next 10 runs preview
  • Natural language input
  • Calendar view
Example: “Every weekday at 9 AM Pacific”

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Conditional Schedules

Smart scheduling: 
schedule:
  base: "Every hour"
  conditions:
    - skip_if: "no new data since last run"
    - skip_if: "execution_queue_length > 10"
    - run_only_if: "business_hours"

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Dynamic Schedules

Adjust based on conditions: 
# More frequent during business hours
if is_business_hours():
    schedule.set_interval("every 5 minutes")
else:
    schedule.set_interval("every hour")

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Schedule Dependencies

Chain schedules: 
schedules:
  - name: "Data Sync"
    cron: "0 0 * * *"  # Midnight
  
  - name: "Report Generation"
    after: "Data Sync"
    delay: "5 minutes"
  
  - name: "Email Report"
    after: "Report Generation"
    on_success_only: true

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Holiday Awareness

Skip or adjust for holidays: 
schedule:
  cron: "0 9 * * 1-5"  # Weekdays 9 AM
  holidays:
    calendar: "US_FEDERAL"
    action: "skip"  # or "reschedule"

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Load-Based Scheduling

Adjust based on load: 
schedule:
  base: "every 10 minutes"
  load_balancing:
    max_concurrent: 5
    queue_if_busy: true
    spread_execution: true

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Retry Policies

Advanced retry logic: 
schedule:
  cron: "0 * * * *"
  on_failure:
    retry_count: 3
    retry_delay: "exponential"  # 5m, 10m, 20m
    retry_on: ["timeout", "transient_error"]
    skip_on: ["validation_error"]

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Schedule Groups

Manage related schedules: 
schedule_group: "Daily Reports"
schedules:
  - sales_report: "0 8 * * *"
  - inventory_report: "0 8 * * *"
  - finance_report: "0 9 * * *"

actions:
  - pause_group  # Pause all during maintenance
  - resume_group
  - run_group_now  # Manual trigger

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Schedule Windows

Restrict execution times: 
schedule:
  cron: "*/5 * * * *"  # Every 5 minutes
  window:
    start: "08:00"
    end: "20:00"
    timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
    action: "queue"  # Queue if outside window

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Jitter

Prevent thundering herd: 
schedule:
  cron: "0 * * * *"  # On the hour
  jitter:
    type: "random"
    max_delay: "5 minutes"
Actual execution: Randomly between :00 and :05

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Schedule Monitoring

Track schedule health:
  • Missed executions
  • Avg execution time per schedule
  • Success rate by schedule
  • Next scheduled time
  • Last run status

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Schedule Alerts

Get notified: 
alerts:
  - name: "Schedule missed"
    condition: "schedule_missed"
    notify: "#ops"
  
  - name: "Schedule always fails"
    condition: "failure_rate > 80% over 24 hours"
    notify: "oncall@example.com"

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Use Cases

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Daily Reports

Reliable reporting: 
schedule:
  cron: "0 8 * * 1-5"  # Weekdays 8 AM
  holidays: "US_FEDERAL"
  on_failure:
    retry_count: 2
    notify: "reports-team@example.com"

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Data Sync

Efficient synchronization: 
schedule:
  cron: "*/15 * * * *"  # Every 15 minutes
  conditions:
    skip_if: "no_changes_detected"
    skip_if: "sync_already_running"

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Periodic Cleanup

Maintenance tasks: 
schedule:
  cron: "0 2 * * 0"  # Sundays 2 AM
  window:
    start: "01:00"
    end: "05:00"
  max_duration: "2 hours"

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Load Balancing

Distribute load: 
schedules:
  - id: "worker_1"
    cron: "0 * * * *"
    jitter: "0-10 minutes"
  
  - id: "worker_2"
    cron: "0 * * * *"
    jitter: "10-20 minutes"

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Calendar View

Visual schedule management:
  • See all schedules on a calendar
  • Click date to see scheduled executions
  • Drag to reschedule
  • Color-code by Project
  • Filter by tag or Project

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Schedule API

from triform import Schedules

# Create schedule
schedule = Schedules.create(
    project="my-project",
    cron="0 9 * * 1-5",
    timezone="America/New_York",
    holidays="US_FEDERAL",
    jitter_minutes=5,
    conditions={
        "skip_if_no_new_data": True
    }
)

# Update schedule
schedule.update(
    cron="0 8 * * 1-5",
    enabled=True
)

# Pause schedule
schedule.pause()

# Resume schedule
schedule.resume()

# Trigger now
schedule.run_now()

# Get next 10 runs
next_runs = schedule.get_next_runs(count=10)

# Check schedule health
health = schedule.get_health_metrics()

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Schedule Templates

Quick setup:
  • Daily backup (2 AM)
  • Business hours monitoring (8 AM - 6 PM)
  • Weekly report (Monday 9 AM)
  • Monthly cleanup (1st of month, 2 AM)
  • High-frequency sync (every 5 min)
  • Load-balanced workers

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Pricing

Included in all plans:
  • Basic schedules (current features)
  • Visual schedule builder
  • Holiday awareness
  • Conditional execution
Pro and above:
  • Schedule dependencies
  • Load balancing
  • Advanced retry policies
  • Schedule groups
Enterprise:
  • Unlimited schedules
  • Custom schedule logic
  • Priority execution
  • Dedicated scheduling infrastructure

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Timeline

2027 Q1: Visual builder, conditional schedules
2027 Q2: Dependencies, groups, calendar view
2027 Q3: Advanced features (load balancing, dynamic)

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Get Notified

Sign up: triform.ai/schedules-beta

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Questions?

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