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Missed CronJob schedule alerts

A CronJob creates Jobs on a schedule. kwatch watches for suspended CronJobs and CronJobs that have not scheduled a run in 24 hours. This helps teams find paused or missed recurring work.

What kwatch detects​

SettingDefaultPurpose
cronJobMonitor.enabledtrueWatch suspension and missed schedules.

A CronJob that intentionally runs less often than daily may need a different operational check. Review its schedule before treating a 24-hour gap as a failure.

Investigate a missed run​

kubectl get cronjob <name> -n <namespace>
kubectl describe cronjob <name> -n <namespace>
kubectl get jobs -n <namespace>

Check the schedule, suspension flag, last scheduled time, and recent Jobs. If a Job was created but failed, follow the Job monitor guide and inspect the Job's Pods.

Configure the monitor​

Use the interactive manager to change settings. The equivalent configuration fragment is:

cronJobMonitor:
  enabled: true

Run kwatch lint after a change.