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title: "How do I get notified about cron or scheduled job failures?"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/faq/cloud-scale/cron-failures/
description: "Create an application alert for the job pool that runs your jobs in Catalyst Job Scheduling, which replaces CloudScale Cron: Cron reached its sunset on October …"
last_updated: 2026-11-13T05:00:22Z
service: CloudScale
type: faq
---

Create an application alert for the job pool that runs your jobs in Catalyst Job Scheduling, which replaces CloudScale Cron: Cron reached its sunset on October 1, 2026. The alert emails you when a job fails:

* Jobs in a **Function** job pool: on a failure, a code exception or a timeout.
* Jobs in an **AppSail**, **Webhook** or **Circuit** job pool: on a 3xx, 4xx or 5xx execution error.
* Any job pool: on an exception or an unintentional termination.

You set it up from the **Job Pool** console, without opening the Application Alerts component. Refer to the [Create Application Alerts for a Job Pool help page](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/job-scheduling/help/implementation/create-app-alert/) for the steps, and to the [Cron sunset announcement](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/announcements/2026/cron-sunset/) to move your crons to Job Scheduling.