Cron Jobs not running

aaP_Markus3

Hello,

Our cron jobs appear not to be running, even though aaPanel suggests they are. I have manually ran the jobs this morning, and jobs completed successfully, but still did not auto-restart their automated running, I then tried the "fix" option in the top right on the dashboard. Still no change. I then restarted the server, and the jobs have still not run.

Below is a screenshot showing when I last manually executed the jobs, and the time and date currently (in the bottom right of the image) as a point of reference.

Any pointers/guidance on restarting the automated cron jobs would be much appreciated! 🙏

aaPanel version: 8.0.0
System: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS x86_64(Py3.12.3) - 2 core, 4gb ram

aaPanel_Kern

Hello, use the ssh tool or terminal to execute the following command to check whether cron is normal?
Debian/ubuntu:
systemctl status cron crontab -l

aaP_Markus3

aaPanel_Kern Hello,
Sorry, I never saw a notification for your reply, here is the output:

Last login: Fri Mar  6 08:49:47 2026 from 5.133.43.68
root@localhost:~# systemctl status cron
● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-03-06 10:34:41 GMT; 1 week 4 days ago
       Docs: man:cron(8)
   Main PID: 749 (cron)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4601)
     Memory: 1.4M (peak: 4.3M swap: 152.0K swap peak: 152.0K)
        CPU: 35.520s
     CGroup: /system.slice/cron.service
             └─749 /usr/sbin/cron -f -P

Mar 17 17:05:01 localhost CRON[1691748]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1)
Mar 17 17:05:01 localhost CRON[1691747]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Mar 17 17:09:01 localhost CRON[1692109]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by root(uid=0)
Mar 17 17:09:01 localhost CRON[1692110]: (root) CMD (  [ -x /usr/lib/php/sessionclean ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then /usr/lib/php/sessionclean; fi)
Mar 17 17:09:01 localhost CRON[1692109]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Mar 17 17:15:01 localhost CRON[1692672]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by root(uid=0)
Mar 17 17:15:01 localhost CRON[1692672]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Mar 17 17:17:01 localhost CRON[1692838]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by root(uid=0)
Mar 17 17:17:01 localhost CRON[1692839]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Mar 17 17:17:01 localhost CRON[1692838]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
root@localhost:~# crontab -l

59 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9 >> /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9.log 2>&1
45 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180 >> /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180.log 2>&1
1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08 >> /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56 >> /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56.log 2>&1
30 * * * *  /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0 >> /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2 >> /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a >> /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a.log 2>&1
*/10 * * * *  /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7 >> /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732 >> /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732.log 2>&1
30 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108 >> /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108.log 2>&1
30 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82 >> /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82.log 2>&1
59 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9 >> /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9.log 2>&1
45 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180 >> /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180.log 2>&1
1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08 >> /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56 >> /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56.log 2>&1
30 */0 * * *  /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0 >> /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2 >> /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a >> /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a.log 2>&1
*/10 * * * *  /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7 >> /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732 >> /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732.log 2>&1
30 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108 >> /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108.log 2>&1
30 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82 >> /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82.log 2>&1
root@localhost:~#

aaPanel_Kern

Hello,

Is the problem solved? No errors are seen in the information
Have you tried reinstalling Cron?
apt reinstall cron

aaP_Markus3

aaPanel_Kern Hello,
Sadly hasn't rectified itself, but I have reinstalled cron on your guidance, and reran the previous commands, and below is the output:

root@localhost:~# apt reinstall cron
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  clamav-base libclamav12
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 114 not upgraded.
Need to get 85.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 cron amd64 3.0pl1-184ubuntu2 [85.3 kB]
Fetched 85.3 kB in 0s (301 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 182225 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../cron_3.0pl1-184ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking cron (3.0pl1-184ubuntu2) over (3.0pl1-184ubuntu2) ...
Setting up cron (3.0pl1-184ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
root@localhost:~# systemctl status cron
● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-03-18 01:35:54 GMT; 10s ago
       Docs: man:cron(8)
   Main PID: 1736119 (cron)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4601)
     Memory: 376.0K (peak: 812.0K)
        CPU: 7ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/cron.service
             └─1736119 /usr/sbin/cron -f -P

Mar 18 01:35:54 localhost systemd[1]: Started cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon.
Mar 18 01:35:55 localhost (cron)[1736119]: cron.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: EXTRA_OPTS
Mar 18 01:35:55 localhost cron[1736119]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Mar 18 01:35:55 localhost cron[1736119]: Error: bad hour; while reading crontab for user root
Mar 18 01:35:55 localhost cron[1736119]: (root) ERROR (Syntax error, this crontab file will be ignored)
Mar 18 01:35:55 localhost cron[1736119]: (CRON) INFO (Skipping @reboot jobs -- not system startup)
root@localhost:~# crontab -l

59 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9 >> /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9.log 2>&1
45 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180 >> /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180.log 2>&1
1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08 >> /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56 >> /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56.log 2>&1
30 * * * *  /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0 >> /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2 >> /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a >> /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a.log 2>&1
*/10 * * * *  /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7 >> /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732 >> /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732.log 2>&1
30 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108 >> /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108.log 2>&1
30 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82 >> /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82.log 2>&1
59 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9 >> /www/server/cron/fed1a8ca962be9bd2b65a5fbd0d25ce9.log 2>&1
45 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180 >> /www/server/cron/2a63da21570807ff924874c3e53c9180.log 2>&1
1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08 >> /www/server/cron/a24a6b77d249ad11b81b11b017b7ab08.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56 >> /www/server/cron/2384b9c38dd0561b61804e8cb36fde56.log 2>&1
30 */0 * * *  /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0 >> /www/server/cron/edf3af87ca7a697f1b9c1890647ec6b0.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2 >> /www/server/cron/512a6b9cd5b6dc121a9304a2022a28f2.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a >> /www/server/cron/7047dded091269c81e9de1042b3e755a.log 2>&1
*/10 * * * *  /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7 >> /www/server/cron/187f83801e2147ce5ae2be4e99a0bba7.log 2>&1
*/1 * * * *  /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732 >> /www/server/cron/a046641b4842f69e43c9f019cb664732.log 2>&1
30 1 * * *  /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108 >> /www/server/cron/bd74facd5b5f194f14a3677b5e04e108.log 2>&1
30 23 * * *  /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82 >> /www/server/cron/a50afd8f7d0e95dc2fd7bbbcfdcccd82.log 2>&1
root@localhost:~#

aaPanel_Kern

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aaP_Markus3