goharbor/harbor · error

missing cron spec for periodic job

Error message

missing cron spec for periodic job

What it means

Error "missing cron spec for periodic job" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/jobservice/job/models.go:146

	if utils.IsEmptyStr(st.Info.JobKind) {
		return errors.New("missing job name in job stats")
	}

	if st.Info.JobKind != KindGeneric &&
		st.Info.JobKind != KindPeriodic &&
		st.Info.JobKind != KindScheduled {
		return errors.Errorf("job kind is not supported: %s", st.Info.JobKind)
	}

	status := Status(st.Info.Status)
	if err := status.Validate(); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if st.Info.JobKind == KindPeriodic {
		if utils.IsEmptyStr(st.Info.CronSpec) {
			return errors.New("missing cron spec for periodic job")
		}
	}

	if st.Info.JobKind == KindScheduled {
		if st.Info.RunAt == 0 {
			return errors.New("enqueue timestamp missing for scheduled job")
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// Config job service config
type Config struct {
	RedisPoolConfig *config.RedisPoolConfig `json:"redis_pool_config"`
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/jobservice/job/models.go:146 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of goharbor/harbor@7b2fd08cc5 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8e84c7010a09c508. Report an issue: GitHub.