There are a couple of references in Drupal core to https://www.drupal.org/cron. This is a redirect however to the Drupal 7 documentation on cron with url https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/setting-up-cron/overview.

We have two options here:

  1. Update the documentation on d.o so that d.o/cron redirects to Drupal 8 documentation.
  2. Update the links in Drupal core to https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/cron-automated-tasks.
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#23 interdiff_20-23.txt3.33 KBNeslee Canil Pinto
#23 2841696-23.patch7.54 KBNeslee Canil Pinto
#20 2841696-20.patch7.36 KBswatichouhan012
#8 2841696-8.patch5.53 KBPavan B S
#7 interdiff-5-7.txt9.26 KBtameeshb
#7 2841696-7.patch5.56 KBtameeshb
#5 2841696-5.patch5.56 KBprash_98
#2 fix_d_o_cron_reference-2841696-2.patch6.3 KBwmostrey
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Issue tags: +Documentation

There's another non-version specific URL - https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/automated_cron
which redirects to: https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/administering-drupal-8-site/automated-cron
and also has a Related link to the page you found: https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/cron-automated-tasks

I've seen a few issues like this, would welcome clarification on:

- what the plan is for updating various redirects
- and/or who has to be asked to do it, if there's an appropriate queue / tag to use (none of existing 'redirect' ones seem to bring up any issues)

Version: 8.2.x-dev » 8.3.x-dev

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Bug reports should be targeted against the 8.3.x-dev branch from now on, and new development or disruptive changes should be targeted against the 8.4.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

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Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch, 5: 2841696-5.patch, failed testing.

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You missed a ; there.

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Rerolled the patch and applied , please review.

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The patch applies well and also the site links and the documentation is better as compared to the previous patches.
So changing it to RTBC

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We haven't addressed what should (or is already planned to) happen with with the drupal.org/cron redirect - to be honest, linking to URLs containing version numbers feels like it's creating extra work for ourselves in each subsequent version of Drupal.

What's our policy on this, and on management of redirects, as I hinted at in #3?

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So like could we change the link each time the version is upgraded or should we not specify the link and the user can search it by their own according to the version..

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Parent issue: » #2855175: [META] Many documentation / handbook URLs redirect to D7 content

This issue is a part of the problem described in #2855175: [META] Many documentation / handbook URLs redirect to D7 content, but is missing the full list of the bad cron links there.

Patching our docs to the correct Drupal 8 for now is helpful, but I agree it's also unmaintainable, as suggested by the discussion from @wturrell and @prash_98. I posted regarding that on #2855171: Documentation migration makes significant sections of the Drupal 8 handbook unnavigable or redirect to Drupal 7 docs.

Meanwhile though, let's consider this issue as part of the overall plan in #2855175: [META] Many documentation / handbook URLs redirect to D7 content.

Version: 8.3.x-dev » 8.4.x-dev

Drupal 8.3.6 was released on August 2, 2017 and is the final full bugfix release for the Drupal 8.3.x series. Drupal 8.3.x will not receive any further development aside from critical and security fixes. Sites should prepare to update to 8.4.0 on October 4, 2017. (Drupal 8.4.0-alpha1 is available for testing.)

Bug reports should be targeted against the 8.4.x-dev branch from now on, and new development or disruptive changes should be targeted against the 8.5.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Version: 8.4.x-dev » 8.5.x-dev

Drupal 8.4.4 was released on January 3, 2018 and is the final full bugfix release for the Drupal 8.4.x series. Drupal 8.4.x will not receive any further development aside from critical and security fixes. Sites should prepare to update to 8.5.0 on March 7, 2018. (Drupal 8.5.0-alpha1 is available for testing.)

Bug reports should be targeted against the 8.5.x-dev branch from now on, and new development or disruptive changes should be targeted against the 8.6.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Version: 8.5.x-dev » 8.6.x-dev

Drupal 8.5.6 was released on August 1, 2018 and is the final bugfix release for the Drupal 8.5.x series. Drupal 8.5.x will not receive any further development aside from security fixes. Sites should prepare to update to 8.6.0 on September 5, 2018. (Drupal 8.6.0-rc1 is available for testing.)

Bug reports should be targeted against the 8.6.x-dev branch from now on, and new development or disruptive changes should be targeted against the 8.7.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

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Related issues: +#3061936: Incorrect link to Cron tutorial

Crediting contributors on #3061936: Incorrect link to Cron tutorial which is a duplicate.

Version: 8.6.x-dev » 8.8.x-dev

Drupal 8.6.x will not receive any further development aside from security fixes. Bug reports should be targeted against the 8.8.x-dev branch from now on, and new development or disruptive changes should be targeted against the 8.9.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 and 9 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 and 9 release cycles.

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Rerolled patch wrt 8.8.x and 8.9.x, also updated link in some other files.

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Thanks for the re-roll.

One nitpick:

+++ b/core/INSTALL.txt
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ INSTALLATION
+   https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/cron-automated-tasks, and sample cron shell scripts can be found in

In a .txt file - lines should be hard wrapped at 80 characters.
Visit https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/standards/coding-standards#linelength for more information.

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Version: 8.9.x-dev » 9.1.x-dev

Drupal 8.9.0-beta1 was released on March 20, 2020. 8.9.x is the final, long-term support (LTS) minor release of Drupal 8, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 9.1.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 and 9 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 and 9 release cycles.

Version: 9.1.x-dev » 9.2.x-dev

Drupal 9.1.0-alpha1 will be released the week of October 19, 2020, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted for the 9.2.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 9 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 9 release cycle.

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Related issues: +#2855175: [META] Many documentation / handbook URLs redirect to D7 content

This issue is a duplicate.