# Run an autotask at specific time rather than periodically?

**URL:** <https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453>\
**Category:** Defender\
**Tags:** keep3r-network\
**Created:** [November 7, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453 "2020-11-07T14:55:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bolo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/bolo/32/3369_2.png) [@Bolo](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/Bolo)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/1 "2020-11-07T14:55:43Z")

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Hey

it’s possible to run an autotask a specific time not a periodicity?

Bolo

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**Author:** ![spalladino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/spalladino/32/22_2.png) [@spalladino](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/spalladino)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/2 "2020-11-07T15:12:21Z")

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Not yet, but it’s on our roadmap!

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**Author:** ![Bolo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/bolo/32/3369_2.png) [@Bolo](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/Bolo)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/3 "2020-11-07T16:50:31Z")

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oki.  
I have setuped my autodesk to run every minute however it is running every minutes. How I can fix that?

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**Author:** ![spalladino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/spalladino/32/22_2.png) [@spalladino](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/spalladino)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/4 "2020-11-07T19:59:13Z")

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There’s a known issue by which autotask runs are sometimes delayed by 1 minute, so if you choose to run every 10 minutes, they sometimes run every 11 minutes instead. We will push a fix for this soon.

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**Author:** ![Bolo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/bolo/32/3369_2.png) [@Bolo](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/Bolo)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/5 "2020-11-09T17:56:24Z")

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Do you think very a kind of hack to resolve this issue.  
For exemple with periodicity of 2 minutes, I was not able to cache any UniswapV2SlidingOracle workable.

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**Author:** ![abcoathup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/abcoathup/32/415_2.png) [@abcoathup](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/abcoathup)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/6 "2020-11-12T06:38:57Z")

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Hi @Bolo,

I assume that the main issue is job competition.

Also see: [Job competition and Autotask frequency](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/job-competition-and-autotask-frequency/4519).

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**Author:** ![spalladino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/spalladino/32/22_2.png) [@spalladino](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/spalladino)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/7 "2020-11-13T13:38:58Z")

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@bolo this should have been fixed since a few days ago. Could you confirm?

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**Author:** ![Bolo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/bolo/32/3369_2.png) [@Bolo](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/Bolo)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/run-an-autotask-at-specific-time-rather-than-periodically/4453/8 "2020-11-13T16:23:03Z")

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oh yes it’s perfect ty
