# Multiple cron triggers

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604 "2018-08-08T21:59:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![maxh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@maxh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxh)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/1 "2018-08-08T21:59:15Z")

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I am trying to trigger a watch twice using cron formatted triggers, but only the first one triggers. I have noticed that the first one continues to execute and never stops, but im not sure whats wrong.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/2 "2018-08-08T22:27:14Z")

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can you provide the triggers you tested with, so I can try locally and reproduce?

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**Author:** ![maxh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@maxh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxh)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/3 "2018-08-08T23:05:49Z")

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"trigger": {  
"schedule": {  
"cron": [  
"0 3 23 8 8 ? 2018",  
"4 3 23 8 8 ? 2018"  
]  
}  
},

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**Author:** ![maxh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@maxh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxh)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/4 "2018-08-08T23:06:50Z")

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i do realize this is in the past but this is exactly how I formatted it

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/5 "2018-08-09T07:53:49Z")

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This is indeed a bug. I opened [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/32734](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/32734)

Thanks a ton for reporting!

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**Author:** ![MovGP0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/movgp0/32/34408_2.png) [@MovGP0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MovGP0)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/6 "2018-08-12T07:53:33Z")

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Note that you can use a comma in the cron string to provide multiple matches. Try something like this:

```
"trigger": {
     "schedule": {
          "cron": "0,4 3 23 8 8 ? 2018"
     }
},
```

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/7 "2018-08-13T07:12:01Z")

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That's a good point as long as your cron expressions are similar enough. Thanks for raising that one @MovGP0 !

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-cron-triggers/143604/8 "2018-09-10T07:12:07Z")

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