Create Cron ↗
noSummary: Create a cron to schedule runs on new threads.
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Create a cron to schedule runs on new threads.
OpenAPI#
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: LangSmith Deployment
version: 0.1.0
servers: []
security: []
tags:
- name: Assistants
description: An assistant is a configured instance of a graph.
- name: Threads
description: A thread contains the accumulated outputs of a group of runs.
- name: Thread Runs
description: >-
A run is an invocation of a graph / assistant on a thread. It updates the
state of the thread.
- name: Stateless Runs
description: >-
A run is an invocation of a graph / assistant, with no state or memory
persistence.
- name: Crons
description: >-
A cron is a periodic run that recurs on a given schedule. The repeats can
be isolated, or share state in a thread
- name: Store
description: >-
Store is an API for managing persistent key-value store (long-term memory)
that is available from any thread.
- name: A2A
description: >-
Agent-to-Agent Protocol related endpoints for exposing assistants as
A2A-compliant agents.
- name: MCP
description: >-
Model Context Protocol related endpoints for exposing an agent as an MCP
server.
- name: System
description: System endpoints for health checks, metrics, and server information.
paths:
/runs/crons:
post:
tags:
- Crons
summary: Create Cron
description: Create a cron to schedule runs on new threads.
operationId: create_cron_runs_crons_post
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CronCreate'
required: true
responses:
'200':
description: Success
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Cron'
'404':
description: Not Found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'422':
description: Validation Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
schemas:
CronCreate:
properties:
schedule:
type: string
title: Schedule
description: The cron schedule to execute this job on.
end_time:
type: string
format: date-time
title: End Time
description: The end date to stop running the cron.
assistant_id:
anyOf:
- type: string
format: uuid
title: Assistant Id
- type: string
title: Graph Id
description: >-
The assistant ID or graph name to run. If using graph name, will
default to the assistant automatically created from that graph by
the server.
input:
anyOf:
- items:
type: object
type: array
- type: object
title: Input
description: The input to the graph.
metadata:
type: object
title: Metadata
description: Metadata to assign to the cron job runs.
config:
properties:
tags:
items:
type: string
type: array
title: Tags
recursion_limit:
type: integer
title: Recursion Limit
configurable:
type: object
title: Configurable
type: object
title: Config
description: The configuration for the assistant.
context:
type: object
title: Context
description: Static context added to the assistant.
webhook:
type: string
maxLength: 65536
minLength: 1
format: uri-reference
title: Webhook
description: Webhook to call after LangGraph API call is done.
interrupt_before:
anyOf:
- type: string
enum:
- '*'
- items:
type: string
type: array
title: Interrupt Before
description: Nodes to interrupt immediately before they get executed.
interrupt_after:
anyOf:
- type: string
enum:
- '*'
- items:
type: string
type: array
title: Interrupt After
description: Nodes to interrupt immediately after they get executed.
on_run_completed:
type: string
enum:
- delete
- keep
default: delete
title: On Run Completed
description: >-
What to do with the thread after the run completes. 'delete' removes
the thread after execution. 'keep' creates a new thread for each
execution but does not clean them up.
enabled:
type: boolean
title: Enabled
description: >-
Whether the cron job should be enabled. Disabled crons are not
executed.
default: true
stream_mode:
anyOf:
- items:
type: string
enum:
- values
- messages
- messages-tuple
- tasks
- checkpoints
- updates
- events
- debug
- custom
type: array
- type: string
enum:
- values
- messages
- messages-tuple
- tasks
- checkpoints
- updates
- events
- debug
- custom
title: Stream Mode
description: The stream mode(s) to use.
default:
- values
stream_subgraphs:
type: boolean
title: Stream Subgraphs
description: Whether to stream output from subgraphs.
default: false
stream_resumable:
type: boolean
title: Stream Resumable
description: >-
Whether to persist the stream chunks in order to resume the stream
later.
default: false
durability:
type: string
enum:
- sync
- async
- exit
title: Durability
description: >-
Durability level for the run. Must be one of `sync`, `async`, or
`exit`. See [durability
modes](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langgraph/durable-execution#durability-modes)
for more details.
default: async
type: object
required:
- assistant_id
- schedule
additionalProperties: true
title: CronCreate
description: >-
Payload for creating a stateless cron job (creates a new thread for each
execution).
Cron:
properties:
cron_id:
type: string
format: uuid
title: Cron Id
description: The ID of the cron.
assistant_id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: uuid
title: Assistant Id
description: The ID of the assistant.
thread_id:
type: string
format: uuid
title: Thread Id
description: The ID of the thread.
end_time:
type: string
format: date-time
title: End Time
description: The end date to stop running the cron.
schedule:
type: string
title: Schedule
description: The schedule to run, cron format.
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
title: Created At
description: The time the cron was created.
updated_at:
type: string
format: date-time
title: Updated At
description: The last time the cron was updated.
user_id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
title: User Id
description: The ID of the user.
payload:
type: object
title: Payload
description: The run payload to use for creating new run.
next_run_date:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: date-time
title: Next Run Date
description: The next run date of the cron.
metadata:
type: object
title: Metadata
description: The cron metadata.
enabled:
type: boolean
title: Enabled
description: >-
Whether the cron job should be enabled. Disabled crons are not
executed.
default: true
type: object
required:
- cron_id
- thread_id
- end_time
- schedule
- created_at
- updated_at
- payload
- enabled
title: Cron
description: Represents a scheduled task.
ErrorResponse:
type: object
required:
- detail
properties:
detail:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message
title: ErrorResponse
description: Error response returned from the serverLink last verified
June 7, 2026.
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