feat!: remove croner sloppyRanges compatibility setting by AlessioGr · Pull Request #16546 · payloadcms/payload

AlessioGr · 2026-05-08T04:29:17Z

BREAKING: removes the sloppyRanges: true setting that kept Croner v9 stepping syntax working after the v10 upgrade. Croner now enforces stricter cron parsing rules, so stepping expressions must use either * or an explicit range before the /.

Affects job autorun crons (jobs.autoRun[].cron), scheduled task/workflow runs (schedule.cron), and the payload bin script --cron flag.

What changed

In strict mode (now the default), only these stepping forms are valid:

*/N - wildcard with step
start-end/N - explicit range with step

These forms now throw a TypeError at registration:

/N - missing prefix
M/N - numeric prefix (single number before /)

Migration — before / after

1. Missing prefix

- cron: '/10 * * * *'
+ cron: '*/10 * * * *'

Both fire every 10 minutes. The leading * is now required.

2. Numeric prefix meaning "every N starting from M"

- cron: '5/15 * * * *'
+ cron: '5-59/15 * * * *'

Fires at minutes 5, 20, 35, 50. The new form makes the range explicit.

3. Numeric prefix that produces a single value

- cron: '30/30 * * * *'
+ cron: '30 * * * *'

Only ever fires at minute 30 (60 is out of the field's range), so the step adds nothing - drop it.

github-actions · 2026-05-08T04:39:24Z

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Adds all breaking changes docs from my own PRs to the v4 migration doc. | PR | Breaking change | Merged | In v4 migration doc | |----|-----------------|--------|---------------------| | [#16359](#16359) | `feat!` Deleted `@payloadcms/richtext-slate` — Lexical is now the only supported rich text editor | 2026-04-23 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16414](#16414) | `feat!` Removed deprecated `jobs.depth` and `jobs.runHooks` config options | 2026-04-28 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16416](#16416) | `feat!` Removed deprecated `state: 'failed'`/`'succeeded'` job task return shape | 2026-05-01 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16537](#16537) | `feat!` Bumped minimum Next.js version to 16.2.6 | 2026-05-07 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16540](#16540) | `feat!` Bumped minimum Node.js version to 24.15.0 | 2026-05-08 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16546](#16546) | `feat!` Removed croner `sloppyRanges` compatibility setting (stricter cron parsing) | 2026-05-08 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16547](#16547) | `feat!` Removed deprecated `min`/`max` from `relationship`/`upload` fields | 2026-05-08 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16548](#16548) | `feat(richtext-lexical)!` Removed deprecated `HTMLConverterFeature` / `lexicalHTML` | 2026-05-11 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16692](#16692) | `feat!` Bumped minimum TypeScript version to 6.0.3 | 2026-05-20 | ✅ Added (was missing) | | [#16693](#16693) | `refactor!` Removed `allowLocalizedWithinLocalized` compat flag + `PAYLOAD_DO_NOT_SANITIZE_LOCALIZED_PROPERTY` env var | 2026-05-21 | ✅ Added (was missing) |

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AlessioGr commented May 8, 2026

What changed

Migration — before / after

1. Missing prefix

2. Numeric prefix meaning "every N starting from M"

3. Numeric prefix that produces a single value

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