# Cron trigger does not kick in
**URL:** https://drone.discourse.group/t/cron-trigger-does-not-kick-in/10858
**Category:** Drone Support
**Created:** [June 24, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/cron-trigger-does-not-kick-in/10858 "2021-06-24T15:17:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Manivannan\_V](https://drone.discourse.group/u/Manivannan_V)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/cron-trigger-does-not-kick-in/10858/1 "2021-06-24T15:17:36Z")
Hi,
Thanks for the help so far guys. I’m stuck at another one.
I’ve set up a cron job named ‘daily’ using drone cli say with cron expression: “0 30 13 \* \* ?” in GMT timezone. This cron is under repository/my-project. I’ve specified the trigger in the my-project under trigger entry in .drone.yml.
But the trigger does not kick at the specified time. Any idea of what could be wrong?
If I remove the cron trigger from .drone.yml immediate push kicks off the build.
> kind: pipeline
> name: default
>
> platform:
> os: linux
> arch: amd64
>
> clone:
> disable: true
>
> steps:
>
> - name: clone
> image: docker:git
> commands:
>
> - name: publish
> image: plugins/ecr
> settings:
> dockerfile: xx/Dockerfile
> region: us-west-2
> registry: [xxxx.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com](http://xxxx.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com)
> repo: [xxx.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/yy](http://xxx.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/yy)
> tags:
>
> volumes:
>
> - name: docker\_socket
> host:
> path: /var/run/docker.sock
>
> trigger:
> event:
>
> - cron
> cron:
> - daily
> …
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### Author:  [@csgitharness](https://drone.discourse.group/u/csgitharness)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/cron-trigger-does-not-kick-in/10858/2 "2021-06-29T12:11:09Z")
@manivannan_v,
Could you please confirm if you are using cloud drone or self hosted drone setup, If its self hosted drone setup please share the debug server logs for our analysis.
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### Author:  [@Manivannan\_V](https://drone.discourse.group/u/Manivannan_V)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/cron-trigger-does-not-kick-in/10858/3 "2021-06-29T14:01:37Z")
Thanks for the response.
Sorry, I should have updated earlier. I had not given the branch name while creating a cron trigger. Once I recreated the cron with branch name it started working as I expected.