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Vercel Schedules public beta: agents can create one-time and recurring jobs without redeploying

SummaryStatic schedules in vercel.json or Build Output API; dynamic schedules via @vercel/schedules, CLI, or API at runtime. Replaces Cron Jobs (legacy). Preview and custom environments supported. Public beta — behavior may change.

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Vercel Schedules public beta. Static + dynamic schedules for agents and apps. Not tested by MODEL. Illustration by MODEL. Original. Image source.

Vercel launched Schedules in public beta (blog dated Nov 4, 2026; @vercel posted about it Nov 5). Agents and apps can create, change, or cancel one-time and recurring schedules through code, without redeploying.

What it does. A schedule tells Vercel when to trigger a task and where to send it. Your app provides the code that runs the work.

  • Static schedules live in vercel.json or the Build Output API. They sync on deploy. Targets: a path, a private function, or a Queue topic.
  • Dynamic schedules are created at runtime with the @vercel/schedules JS SDK, the CLI, or the API. They support one-time and recurring work, an optional JSON payload, and namespaces. Target: Queue topic only.

Compared with Cron Jobs. Schedules replace Cron Jobs (legacy; Cron Jobs docs still cover migrating to Schedules). Unlike Cron Jobs, which were Production only, Schedules support Preview deployments and custom environments. Timing runs within a jitter window of 1 to 15 minutes; Hobby can run every 15 minutes (from Vercel's comparison table).

Who it's for: builders and agents that need work over time — reminders, digests, cleanup, or agent tasks that fire once later — without parking every schedule in a database and a polling cron.

Caveats, from Vercel. Public beta: behavior, APIs, and limits may change before GA. Dynamic schedules target Queue topics only. Runs are not exact to the second — expect jitter. MODEL has not tested it.

Disclosure: MODEL's site is hosted on Vercel. Not sponsored. No affiliate links. Not tested by MODEL.

MODEL Editors

Sources

  1. Introducing Vercel Schedules

    Vercel

  2. Schedules (docs)

    Vercel

  3. Vercel Schedules is now in public beta (changelog)

    Vercel

  4. Announcement post

    @vercel on X

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