# Automation and cron

PeltyCMS runs its own scheduler inside `pelty-server`. You do not need a system cron entry: as long as the server runs, these tasks run.

| Task | Shown as | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| `billing.recurring` | Recurring invoices | daily |
| `billing.overdue` | Overdue reminders & suspensions | daily |
| `billing.autopay` | Automatic card payments | daily |
| `domains.daily` | Domain renewals & expiry | daily |
| `domains.process` | Domain registrations | every 5 min |
| `tickets.escalate` | Ticket escalations | every 5 min |
| `usage.bill` | Usage billing | every 1 h |
| `uploads.purge_orphans` | Orphan upload cleanup | every 1 h |
| `support.pipe` | Ticket mail piping | every 5 min |

Admin → System & settings → **Jobs** shows each task's health (healthy, late, failing, never ran), last result, last and next run, and its successes and failures in the last 24 hours. From there you can:

- **Run now**: queue a task immediately (`jobs.manage`).
- Disable a task.
- Pin a daily task to a start hour (UTC), for example to run billing at night.

The same page also lists the background jobs themselves (emails, provisioning, webhooks, backups).

See the developer reference [Scheduled tasks](developers/scheduled-tasks.md) for the full list of job kinds.