# Schedule trigger issues

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/schedule-trigger-issues/300748>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [June 23, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/schedule-trigger-issues/300748 "2026-06-23T23:44:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Samuel\_Agbola](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/samuel_agbola/32/60013_2.png) [@Samuel\_Agbola](https://community.n8n.io/u/Samuel_Agbola)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/schedule-trigger-issues/300748/1 "2026-06-23T23:44:59Z")

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Why isn’t my schedule Trigger running at the expected time?

## Describe the problem/error/question

## What is the error message (if any)?

## Please share your workflow

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**Author:** ![achamm](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/achamm/32/143734_2.png) [@achamm](https://community.n8n.io/u/achamm)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/schedule-trigger-issues/300748/2 "2026-06-23T23:46:27Z")

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@Samuel_Agbola two usual suspects here. first, the workflow has to be toggled Active for the Schedule Trigger to actually fire on its schedule, running it manually or just having it open doesnt follow the schedule. second is timezone, the trigger fires in your instances timezone, not your local one, so something set for 9am can land at a different hour than you expect. is the workflow active, and whats your instance timezone versus the time you were expecting it to run?

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**Author:** ![Ayomide\_Breakthrough](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/ayomide_breakthrough/32/62042_2.png) [@Ayomide\_Breakthrough](https://community.n8n.io/u/Ayomide_Breakthrough)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/schedule-trigger-issues/300748/3 "2026-06-23T23:47:32Z")

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Check the workflow timezone and your server timezone settings. A mismatch between the two is a common cause.

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**Author:** ![Anshul\_Namdev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/anshul_namdev/32/178229_2.png) [@Anshul\_Namdev](https://community.n8n.io/u/Anshul_Namdev)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/schedule-trigger-issues/300748/4 "2026-06-24T17:06:54Z")

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Hi @Samuel_Agbola  
I suggest utilising a custom interval or cron if you have encountered this type of issue with standard schedule trigger settings:

> **[Custom (Cron) interval - Schedule Trigger | Nodes | n8n Docs](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.scheduletrigger#custom-cron-interval)**
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> Use the Schedule Trigger node to run workflows at fixed intervals and times. This works in a similar way to the Cron software utility in Unix-like systems. | Learn how to use the Schedule Trigger node in n8n. Follow technical documentation to...

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/schedule-trigger-issues/300748/6 "2026-07-03T19:37:54Z")

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