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description: Add cron schedules to a Workflow binding in wrangler.jsonc to create Workflow instances automatically on a recurring interval.
title: Schedule Workflow instances directly from your Workflow binding
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June 2, 2026

## Schedule Workflow instances directly from your Workflow binding

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You can now attach cron schedules directly to a Workflow binding in `wrangler.jsonc`. Each scheduled run creates a new Workflow instance automatically, so you do not need to define a separate Worker with a `scheduled` handler just to trigger your Workflow on an interval.

For example, you can configure hourly, every-15-minute, or weekday schedules on the same Workflow:

```jsonc
{
	"workflows": [
		{
			"name": "my-scheduled-workflow",
			"binding": "MY_WORKFLOW",
			"class_name": "MyScheduledWorkflow",
			"schedules": ["0 * * * *", "*/15 * * * *", "0 9 * * MON-FRI"],
		},
	],
}
```

Cron workloads get all the same benefits of Workflows with built-in retries, multi-step durable execution, and configurable timeouts of Workflows.

```ts
import {
	WorkflowEntrypoint,
	WorkflowEvent,
	WorkflowStep,
} from "cloudflare:workers";

// Runs automatically on each cron schedule defined for the MY_WORKFLOW binding in wrangler.jsonc.
export class MyScheduledWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env> {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent, step: WorkflowStep) {
		const data = await step.do("fetch source data", async () => {
			return await fetchSourceData();
		});

		// If this step fails, only this step is retried with the custom logic below
		await step.do(
			"process and store results",
			{
				retries: { limit: 5, delay: "30 seconds", backoff: "exponential" },
				timeout: "10 minutes",
			},
			async () => {
				await processAndStore(data);
			},
		);
	}
}
```

This makes it easier to build recurring, scheduled jobs such as database backups, invoice generation, report aggregation, and cleanup tasks without wiring up a separate Cron Trigger entrypoint.

For more information, refer to [Trigger Workflows](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/trigger-workflows/).

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