{"id":19037719,"date":"2026-10-06T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/wordpress-cron-reschedule-error-action_scheduler_run_queue-could_not_set\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:03:56","slug":"wordpress-cron-reschedule-error-action_scheduler_run_queue-could_not_set","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/wordpress-cron-reschedule-error-action_scheduler_run_queue-could_not_set\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Cron Reschedule Error \u2013 action_scheduler_run_queue could_not_set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cron reschedule event error for hook: action_scheduler_run_queue, Error code: could_not_set, Error message: The cron event list could not be saved., Data: {&#8220;schedule&#8221;:&#8221;every_minute&#8221;,&#8221;args&#8221;:[&#8220;WP Cron&#8221;],&#8221;interval&#8221;:60}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are repeatedly seeing the following WordPress cron error in our WP ENGINE logs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Error:<\/strong><br \/>Cron reschedule event error for hook: <code>action_scheduler_run_queue<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Error code:<\/strong> <code>could_not_set<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Error message:<\/strong><br \/><code>The cron event list could not be saved.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Data:<\/strong><br \/><code>{\"schedule\":\"every_minute\",\"args\":[\"WP Cron\"],\"interval\":60}<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue is occurring repeatedly and we would like assistance identifying the underlying cause. In particular, we would like you to check whether this could be related to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The website is hosted on <strong>WP Engine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could you please investigate why this error occurs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We would also appreciate confirmation on whether this error can impact WooCommerce scheduled actions, order processing, emails, subscriptions, webhooks, or other scheduled tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-19037719","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19037719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19037719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19037719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}