# services.<name>.cron

> Five-field cron schedule.

Five-field cron schedule. Makes the service a scheduled job; you are billed for run time only.

- **Type:** string
- **Pattern:** `^(@(hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|yearly)|(\S+\s+){4}\S+)$`
- **Since:** manifest v1

## Example

```yaml
services:
  web:
    cron: 0 2 * * *
```

## See also

- [services](/docs/manifest/services/): all fields of `services`
- [guv.yaml reference](/docs/manifest/)