Schedules

Schedules let you run your Playwright test suite automatically on a recurring cron schedule — daily smoke tests at 8am, nightly regression runs, or any interval you need.

Creating a Schedule

1. Navigate to Schedules in the TraceLoom dashboard.
2. Click Create Schedule.
3. Configure the schedule:
   • Name — A descriptive label (e.g., nightly-regression).
   • Cron expression — Standard cron format, e.g., 0 2 * * * for 2am UTC daily.
   • Test suite — Select which tests to run (all tests or a specific tag/file pattern).
4. Click Save. The schedule activates immediately.

Cron Expression Format

TraceLoom uses standard 5-field cron syntax:

┌─────── minute (0–59)
│ ┌───── hour (0–23, UTC)
│ │ ┌─── day of month (1–31)
│ │ │ ┌─ month (1–12)
│ │ │ │ ┌ day of week (0–7, 0/7=Sunday)
│ │ │ │ │
0 2 * * *   → 2:00am UTC, every day
0 8 * * 1-5 → 8:00am UTC, Monday–Friday
0 */6 * * * → every 6 hours

Managing Schedules

• Active / Paused — Toggle the status switch to pause a schedule without deleting it.
• Edit — Update the cron expression or test suite selection at any time.
• Delete — Permanently removes the schedule. In-progress runs are not affected.

Viewing Schedule Results

Each scheduled execution creates a normal test run visible on the Runs page. The run is labelled with the schedule name so you can filter and track schedule-triggered runs separately from manually triggered ones.

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