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fased cron

fased cron is the compatibility command for the Gateway task scheduler. Prefer fased task in new operator docs and normal use. Browser equivalent: Agent > Tasks. The cron.* storage and RPC names are implementation details retained for compatibility. Related: Tip: run fased task --help for the user-facing command surface. Note: isolated tasks created with fased task add default to --announce delivery. Use --no-deliver to keep output internal. --deliver remains as a deprecated alias for --announce. Note: one-shot (--at) tasks delete after success by default. Use --keep-after-run to keep them. Note: recurring tasks use exponential retry backoff after consecutive errors (30s -> 1m -> 5m -> 15m -> 60m), then return to normal schedule after the next successful run. Note: retention/pruning is controlled in config:
  • cron.sessionRetention (default 24h) prunes completed isolated run sessions.
  • cron.runLog.maxBytes + cron.runLog.keepLines prune ~/.fased/cron/runs/<jobId>.jsonl.
Modern scheduled work should be created with explicit ownership: 
fased task add \
  --agent research \
  --session-key "agent:research:webchat:direct:service-watch" \
  --name "Service watch" \
  --every 1h \
  --session isolated \
  --message "Check provider status and report here." \
  --announce \
  --channel telegram \
  --to "123456789"
The same task can also be created from WebChat with Schedule this or from a channel chat with /task new. Those paths still write the same internal scheduler-backed task shape. For channel users, prefer natural task text first: 
/task new every 1h Service watch: Check provider status with a cheap check first and escalate if deeper analysis is needed.
The planner stores the cheap-first evaluator policy; the runtime injects the human-readable escalation cue itself.

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Common edits

Update delivery settings without changing the message: 
fased task edit <task-id> --announce --channel telegram --to "123456789"
Disable delivery for an isolated task: 
fased task edit <task-id> --no-deliver
Announce to a specific channel: 
fased task edit <task-id> --announce --channel slack --to "channel:C1234567890"