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# Schedules

A Schedule starts a Run for you on a repeating timetable. Use one for nightly smoke coverage, or for a regular check against staging.

Create and manage schedules under **Settings → Schedules**.

## Create a Schedule

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## Open Schedules

Go to **Settings → Schedules**, then choose **Create new schedule**.
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## Name it and set Status

Give the Schedule a **Title**, then set **Status** to **Active** or **Paused**.

Only Active schedules start Runs. Pause a Schedule when you want to keep the setup without firing it.
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## Choose which Flows to run

Under **Flow Selection**, pick one option:

| Option     | What it does                                                      |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **All**    | Runs every Flow in the account                                    |
| **Tags**   | Runs Flows that match **Include Tags** and **Exclude Tags**       |
| **Recipe** | Runs the Flows from a [Run Recipe](/configuration/run-recipes.md) |

**Include Tags** means the Flow must have every selected tag. **Exclude Tags** removes a Flow if it has any selected tag.
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## Pick the hours

Use the **Schedule** grid to choose which hours should fire. Times are in UTC.

Scheduled Runs appear in **Runs** as **Scheduled -** followed by your Schedule title.
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## Set Consecutive Failures Before Pausing

Choose how many failed scheduled Runs in a row should pause the Schedule. A passing scheduled Run resets the count. Saving the Schedule also resets the count.

This stops a broken Schedule from keeping a noisy failing Run on the calendar.
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## Related

* [Run Recipes](/configuration/run-recipes.md)
* [Max Concurrency](/configuration/max-concurrency.md)
* [Notifications](/configuration/notifications.md)
* [Build smoke and regression coverage](/better-coverage/build-smoke-and-regression-coverage.md)