jojo/services
forgejo-backport-action 4ca6b703af [v15.0/forgejo] feat: support timezone in scheduled workflows (#11986)
**Backport:** https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/11851

GitHub recently added the ability to [specify a time zone for scheduled workflows](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/workflow-syntax#onschedule), thereby making it possible to run scheduled workflows at a certain local time, no matter whether daylight saving time (DST) is currently active or not. Example copied from GitHub's documentation:

```yaml
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '30 5 * * 1-5'
      timezone: "America/New_York"
```

The workflow would run at 05:30 each morning in the America/New_York timezone every Monday through Friday. `timezone` accepts IANA time zone names. If `timezone` is absent, `Etc/UTC` is used. GitHub runs workflows that were scheduled during DST jumps forward, for example, between 2 o'clock and 3 o'clock, directly after the clock jumped forward. In this case, that would be 3 o'clock.

Forgejo already supports time zones by prepending cron schedules with `TZ=<zone-id>` or `CRON_TZ=<zone-id>`:

```yaml
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: 'CRON_TZ=America/New_York 30 5 * * 1-5'
```

However, that capability is not documented. Workflows that are scheduled to run during DST changes are skipped when the clock jumps forward and run twice when it jumps backward.

This two-part PR adds support for `timezone` to improve compatibility with GitHub. `TZ` and `CRON_TZ` continue working. When both `timezone` and `TZ` or `CRON_TZ` are present, `timezone` takes precedence. When neither `timezone` nor `TZ` nor `CRON_TZ` are present, `Etc/UTC` is used as before. Because `TZ` and `CRON_TZ` were already supported by Forgejo before GitHub introduced `timezone`, `timezone` behaves during DST changes as previous versions of Forgejo, thereby deviating from GitHub. That means that workflows that are scheduled to run during DST changes are skipped when the clock jumps forward. And they run twice when it jumps backwards. However, it is generally recommended not to schedule workflows during the time of day when DST changes occur.

This part of the PR integrates the [workflow validation and parsing of the `timezone` field](https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/1454) supplied by Forgejo Runner.

## Checklist

The [contributor guide](https://forgejo.org/docs/next/contributor/) contains information that will be helpful to first time contributors. All work and communication must conform to Forgejo's [AI Agreement](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md). There also are a few [conditions for merging Pull Requests in Forgejo repositories](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/PullRequestsAgreement.md). You are also welcome to join the [Forgejo development chatroom](https://matrix.to/#/#forgejo-development:matrix.org).

### Tests for Go changes

(can be removed for JavaScript changes)

- I added test coverage for Go changes...
  - [x] in their respective `*_test.go` for unit tests.
  - [x] in the `tests/integration` directory if it involves interactions with a live Forgejo server.
- I ran...
  - [x] `make pr-go` before pushing

### Tests for JavaScript changes

(can be removed for Go changes)

- I added test coverage for JavaScript changes...
  - [ ] in `web_src/js/*.test.js` if it can be unit tested.
  - [ ] in `tests/e2e/*.test.e2e.js` if it requires interactions with a live Forgejo server (see also the [developer guide for JavaScript testing](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/tests/e2e/README.md#end-to-end-tests)).

### Documentation

- [x] I created a pull request [to the documentation](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs) to explain to Forgejo users how to use this change.
    - https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs/pulls/1853
- [ ] I did not document these changes and I do not expect someone else to do it.

### Release notes

- [x] This change will be noticed by a Forgejo user or admin (feature, bug fix, performance, etc.). I suggest to include a release note for this change.
- [ ] This change is not visible to a Forgejo user or admin (refactor, dependency upgrade, etc.). I think there is no need to add a release note for this change.

*The decision if the pull request will be shown in the release notes is up to the mergers / release team.*

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  - [PR](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/11851): <!--number 11851 --><!--line 0 --><!--description c3VwcG9ydCBgdGltZXpvbmVgIGluIHNjaGVkdWxlZCB3b3JrZmxvd3M=-->support `timezone` in scheduled workflows<!--description-->
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Co-authored-by: Andreas Ahlenstorf <andreas@ahlenstorf.ch>
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/11986
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mfenniak@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: forgejo-backport-action <forgejo-backport-action@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-committed-by: forgejo-backport-action <forgejo-backport-action@noreply.codeberg.org>
2026-04-04 19:16:35 +02:00
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actions [v15.0/forgejo] feat: support timezone in scheduled workflows (#11986) 2026-04-04 19:16:35 +02:00
agit chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
asymkey chore: do not clobber ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in certain tests (#10163) 2025-11-19 16:14:16 +01:00
attachment fix: check that attachments belong to correct resource 2026-03-06 11:21:07 -07:00
auth [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
authz feat: read, create, & delete repo-specific access tokens via API (#11504) 2026-03-07 21:55:08 +01:00
automerge chore: add integration testing 2026-03-06 11:21:07 -07:00
context [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
contexttest feat: add more filters to actions run and tasks api (#11584) 2026-03-10 01:20:00 +01:00
convert [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
cron [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
doctor [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
externalaccount chore(cleanup): replaces unnecessary calls to formatting functions by non-formatting equivalents (#7994) 2025-05-29 17:34:29 +02:00
f3 chore: update gof3/v3 v3.11.15 (#10673) 2026-01-13 16:59:56 +01:00
federation feat(activitypub): use structure @PreferredUsername@host.tld:port for actors (#9254) 2026-01-30 23:45:11 +01:00
feed chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
forgejo chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
forms [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
gitdiff [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
indexer fix(issue-search): delete issue from indexer on DeleteIssue (#11585) 2026-03-09 18:51:18 +01:00
issue [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
lfs [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
mailer [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
markup chore: remove branding from context imports (#9628) 2025-10-11 01:52:51 +02:00
migrations [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
mirror [v15.0/forgejo] fix: store pull mirror creds encrypted with keying (#11984) 2026-04-04 14:47:05 +02:00
moderation chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
notify fix(issue-search): delete issue from indexer on DeleteIssue (#11585) 2026-03-09 18:51:18 +01:00
org fix: add missing deleting beans for organizations (#11699) 2026-03-17 09:11:52 +01:00
packages [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
pull [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
redirect chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
release fix: don't trip deleting attachment with missing permission error (#11642) 2026-03-12 20:29:10 +01:00
remote chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
repository [v15.0/forgejo] fix: store pull mirror creds encrypted with keying (#11984) 2026-04-04 14:47:05 +02:00
secrets feat: allow renaming and replacing secrets (#11732) 2026-03-23 03:30:02 +01:00
shared/automerge fix: suppress false-positive error log when PR is already in the automerge queue (#9784) 2025-10-21 08:19:33 +02:00
stats chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
task ci: detect and prevent empty case statements in Go code (#11593) 2026-03-10 02:50:28 +01:00
uinotification chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
user refactor: replace ActionRunnerToken.OwnerID & RepoID with optional.Option[int64] (#11601) 2026-03-10 03:19:16 +01:00
webhook [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00
wiki [v15.0/forgejo]: chore: add modernizer linter (#11949) 2026-04-02 16:54:46 +02:00