{"id":173,"date":"2025-12-17T09:18:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=173"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:53:45","slug":"cron-job-event-log","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/cron-job-event-log\/","title":{"rendered":"CRON Job Event Log"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cron job event log is a record of all executions performed by scheduled CRON tasks. It helps you monitor whether jobs ran correctly and diagnose any errors that occurred during execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The logging system automatically captures both:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>stdout<\/strong> (standard output)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>stderr<\/strong> (error output)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mybox-40294636\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This makes it easier to verify the result of each script run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/cron-job-event-log\/#How_to_view_the_CRON_log\" >How to view the CRON log<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/cron-job-event-log\/#Viewing_execution_details\" >Viewing execution details<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/cron-job-event-log\/#Why_CRON_logs_are_useful\" >Why CRON logs are useful<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/cron-job-event-log\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_view_the_CRON_log\"><\/span>How to view the CRON log<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To access the execution history:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the list of configured CRON jobs in your hosting panel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the specific job you want to inspect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Log<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will display a list of all recorded executions for that job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Viewing_execution_details\"><\/span>Viewing execution details<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each log entry represents a single execution of the CRON job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To see more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Execution Details<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will show detailed output returned by the script, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>command results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>error messages (if any)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>runtime output<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>execution status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_CRON_logs_are_useful\"><\/span>Why CRON logs are useful<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CRON logs help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>verify that scheduled tasks are running correctly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>detect script errors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>monitor automation processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>debug failed jobs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>track execution history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span>Summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CRON job event log records every execution of scheduled tasks, including output and errors. By reviewing logs and execution details, you can monitor and troubleshoot automated processes effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[13,25],"manual_kb_tag":[3999,4000,4001,4002,4003,4004,4005,4006,4007,4008],"class_list":["post-173","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-cron","manualknowledgebasecat-hosting","manual_kb_tag-job-handler","manual_kb_tag-job-event-log","manual_kb_tag-event-log","manual_kb_tag-read-event-log","manual_kb_tag-event-list","manual_kb_tag-task-list","manual_kb_tag-task-selection","manual_kb_tag-log-button","manual_kb_tag-view-logs","manual_kb_tag-execution-details"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3719,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/173\/revisions\/3719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}