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# Scheduled Deployments

> Cron-based automatic redeployments.

You can configure a service to redeploy automatically on a schedule. This is useful for workloads that need periodic restarts or for pulling the latest version of an image tag.

## Configuration

Set a deployment schedule using a cron expression in the service settings.

Examples:

| Schedule              | Cron Expression |
| --------------------- | --------------- |
| Every hour            | `0 * * * *`     |
| Daily at midnight UTC | `0 0 * * *`     |
| Every 6 hours         | `0 */6 * * *`   |
| Weekdays at 9 AM UTC  | `0 9 * * 1-5`   |

The platform tracks the last scheduled deployment time to prevent duplicate runs.

## How It Works

A background job checks for services with deployment schedules and triggers a new rollout when the schedule is due. The rollout follows the same process as a manual deployment — pulling the image, starting new containers, running health checks, and stopping old containers.