Note: This changelog entry is historical. Edge Functions are deprecated for new projects. Use Vercel Functions with the Node.js runtime and Fluid compute . Use Routing Middleware for request-time routing before a response completes.

Vercel Cron Jobs let you to run scheduled jobs for things like data backups or archives, triggering updates to third-party APIs, sending email and Slack notifications, or any task you need to run on a schedule.

By using a specific syntax called a cron expression , you can define the frequency and timing of each task. Cron Jobs work with any frontend framework and can be defined in vercel.json . You can use them to run your Vercel Functions .

During the beta, we made Cron Jobs more secure by providing an environment variable with the name CRON_SECRET . We also added support for Deployment Protection and Instant Rollback .

Cron Jobs are now included for customers on all plans .…