CRON : Last job execution seems to be wrong

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 33.0.0
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Debian 12
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • Apache 2.4.66
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • Apache2
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • 8.4
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • Yes
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • 1 day after CRON configuration
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • replace me
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • No

Summary of the issue you are facing:

Since I’ve setup cron configuration, it seems to be bad and display the following error “Last job execution ran 3 hours ago. Something seems wrong.”

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Log entries

Nextcloud

When I check journalctl, cron seems to be executed every 5 minutes

sudo journalctl -u cron --since ‘30 minutes ago’

Mar 17 17:10:01 MYSERVER CRON[130922]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user www-data(uid=33) by (uid=0)
Mar 17 17:10:01 MYSERVER CRON[130924]: (www-data) CMD (php-cli -f /XXX/YYY/nextcloud/cron.php)
Mar 17 17:10:01 MYSERVER CRON[130922]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user www-data
Mar 17 17:15:01 MYSERVER CRON[130946]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user www-data(uid=33) by (uid=0)
Mar 17 17:15:01 MYSERVER CRON[130947]: (www-data) CMD (php-cli -f /XXX/YYY/nextcloud/cron.php)
Mar 17 17:15:02 MYSERVER CRON[130946]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user www-data
Mar 17 17:20:01 MYSERVER CRON[130969]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user www-data(uid=33) by (uid=0)
Mar 17 17:20:01 MYSERVER  CRON[130970]: (www-data) CMD (php-cli -f /XXX/YYY/nextcloud/cron.php)
Mar 17 17:20:01 MYSERVER  CRON[130969]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user www-data
Mar 17 17:25:01 MYSERVER  CRON[130990]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user www-data(uid=33) by (uid=0)
Mar 17 17:25:01 MYSERVER  CRON[130991]: (www-data) CMD (php-cli -f /XXX/YYY/nextcloud/cron.php)
Mar 17 17:25:01 MYSERVER CRON[130990]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user www-data

Configuration

Nextcloud

<?php
$CONFIG = array (


  array (
    0 => 'myserver',
  ),
  'serverid' => 1,
  'enable_previews' => false,
  'debug' => false,
  'datadirectory' => '/XXX/YYY/nextcloud/data',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '33.0.0.16',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://myserver',
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
  'dbuser' => 'myDBuser',
  'dbpassword' => 'myDBuserspassword',
  'installed' => true,
  'skeletondirectory' => '',
  'logtimezone' => 'Europe/Paris',
  'force_locale' => 'fr/FR',
  'default_language' => 'fr',
  'default_phone_region' => 'FR',
  'log_type' => 'file',
  'log_rotate_size' => 10485760,
  'logfile' => '/var/log/nextcloud/nextcloud.log',
  'loglevel' => 2,
  'logdateformat' => 'F d, Y H:i:s',
  'trashbin_retention_obligation' => '7,30',
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
  'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
  'redis' =>
  array (
    'host' => '/run/redis/redis.sock',
    'port' => 0,
  ),
  'maintenance_window_start' => 1,
  'maintenance' => false,
  'twofactor_enforced' => 'true',
  'twofactor_enforced_groups' =>
  array (
  ),
  'twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups' =>
  array (
    0 => 'admin',
  ),
  'ldapProviderFactory' => 'OCA\\User_LDAP\\LDAPProviderFactory',
  'forbidden_filename_characters' =>
  array (
    0 => '\\',
    1 => '/',
  ),
  'forbidden_filename_extensions' =>
  array (
    0 => '.filepart',
    1 => '.part',
  ),
  'mail_domain' => 'mydomain',
  'mail_from_address' => 'mailaddress',
  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_smtphost' => 'mymailserver',
  'mail_smtpport' => '25',
  'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_smtpstreamoptions' =>
  array (
    'ssl' =>
    array (
      'allow_self_signed' => false,
      'verify_peer' => true,
      'verify_peer_name' => true,
    ),
  ),
);

Apps

Enabled:
  - activity: 6.0.0-dev.0
  - bruteforcesettings: 6.0.0-dev.0
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.17.0
  - contactsinteraction: 1.14.1
  - dav: 1.36.0
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.23.0
  - federation: 1.23.0
  - files: 2.5.0
  - files_automatedtagging: 4.0.0
  - files_downloadlimit: 5.1.0-dev.0
  - files_reminders: 1.6.0
  - files_retention: 4.0.0
  - files_sharing: 1.25.2
  - files_trashbin: 1.23.0
  - files_versions: 1.26.0
  - firstrunwizard: 6.0.0-dev.0
  - groupfolders: 21.0.6
  - logreader: 6.0.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.21.0
  - notifications: 6.0.0
  - notify_push: 1.3.1
  - oauth2: 1.21.0
  - password_policy: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - privacy: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - profile: 1.2.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.23.0
  - recommendations: 6.0.0-dev.0
  - related_resources: 4.0.0-dev.0
  - serverinfo: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - settings: 1.16.0
  - sharebymail: 1.23.0
  - systemtags: 1.23.0
  - theming: 2.8.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.22.0
  - twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 7.0.0
  - twofactor_totp: 15.0.0-dev.0
  - twofactor_webauthn: 2.6.0
  - updatenotification: 1.23.0
  - user_ldap: 1.24.0
  - user_status: 1.13.0
  - viewer: 6.0.0-dev.0
  - webhook_listeners: 1.5.0
  - workflowengine: 2.15.0
Disabled:
  - admin_audit: 1.23.0
  - app_api: 33.0.0 (installed 33.0.0)
  - calendar: 6.2.1 (installed 6.2.1)
  - circles: 33.0.0 (installed 33.0.0)
  - comments: 1.23.0 (installed 1.23.0)
  - contacts: 8.4.1 (installed 8.4.1)
  - dashboard: 7.13.0 (installed 7.13.0)
  - encryption: 2.21.0
  - files_external: 1.25.1
  - files_pdfviewer: 6.0.0-dev.0 (installed 6.0.0-dev.0)
  - mail: 5.7.3 (installed 5.7.3)
  - nextcloud_announcements: 5.0.0 (installed 5.0.0)
  - notes: 4.13.0 (installed 4.13.0)
  - photos: 6.0.0-dev.0 (installed 6.0.0-dev.0)
  - richdocuments: 10.1.0 (installed 10.1.0)
  - richdocumentscode: 25.4.902 (installed 25.4.902)
  - spreed: 23.0.1 (installed 23.0.1)
  - support: 5.0.0 (installed 5.0.0)
  - survey_client: 5.0.0-dev.0 (installed 5.0.0-dev.0)
  - suspicious_login: 11.0.0-dev.0
  - text: 7.0.0-dev.3 (installed 7.0.0-dev.3)
  - weather_status: 1.13.0 (installed 1.13.0)