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stage: Verify
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group: Pipeline Execution
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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disqus_identifier: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pipelines/schedules.html'
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type: reference, howto
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---
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# Scheduled pipelines **(FREE)**
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Use scheduled pipelines to run GitLab CI/CD [pipelines](index.md) at regular intervals.
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## Prerequisites
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For a scheduled pipeline to run:
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- The schedule owner must have the Developer role. For pipelines on protected branches,
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the schedule owner must be [allowed to merge](../../user/project/protected_branches.md#configure-a-protected-branch)
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to the branch.
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- The [CI/CD configuration](../yaml/index.md) must be valid.
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Otherwise, the pipeline is not created. No error message is displayed.
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## Add a pipeline schedule
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> Scheduled pipelines for tags [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23292) in GitLab 14.9.
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To add a pipeline schedule:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **CI/CD > Schedules**.
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1. Select **New schedule** and fill in the form.
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- **Interval Pattern**: Select one of the preconfigured intervals, or enter a custom
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interval in [cron notation](../../topics/cron/index.md). You can use any cron value,
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but scheduled pipelines cannot run more frequently than the instance's
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[maximum scheduled pipeline frequency](../../administration/cicd.md#change-maximum-scheduled-pipeline-frequency).
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- **Target branch or tag**: Select the branch or tag for the pipeline.
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- **Variables**: Add any number of [CI/CD variables](../variables/index.md) to the schedule.
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These variables are available only when the scheduled pipeline runs,
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and not in any other pipeline run.
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If the project already has the [maximum number of pipeline schedules](../../administration/instance_limits.md#number-of-pipeline-schedules),
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you must delete unused schedules before you can add another.
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## Edit a pipeline schedule
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> Introduced in GitLab 14.8, only a pipeline schedule owner can edit the schedule.
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The owner of a pipeline schedule can edit it:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. In the left sidebar, select **CI/CD > Schedules**.
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1. Next to the schedule, select **Edit** (**{pencil}**) and fill in the form.
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The user must have the Developer role or above for the project. If the user is
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not the owner of the schedule, they must first [take ownership](#take-ownership)
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of the schedule.
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## Run manually
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To trigger a pipeline schedule manually, so that it runs immediately instead of
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the next scheduled time:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **CI/CD > Schedules**.
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1. On the right of the list, for
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the pipeline you want to run, select **Play** (**{play}**).
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You can manually run scheduled pipelines once per minute.
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## Take ownership
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Scheduled pipelines execute with the permissions of the user
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who owns the schedule. The pipeline has access to the same resources as the pipeline owner,
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including [protected environments](../environments/protected_environments.md) and the
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[CI/CD job token](../jobs/ci_job_token.md).
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To take ownership of a pipeline created by a different user:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **CI/CD > Schedules**.
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1. On the right of the list, for
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the pipeline you want to become owner of, select **Take ownership**.
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## Related topics
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- Pipeline schedules can be maintained by using the [Pipeline schedules API](../../api/pipeline_schedules.md).
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- You can [control which jobs are added to scheduled pipelines](../jobs/job_control.md#run-jobs-for-scheduled-pipelines).
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