Desktop Routines UI blocks sub-hourly local schedules, contradicting docs (1-minute minimum)
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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 12, 2026
What happened
The Desktop scheduled tasks docs state the minimum interval for a Desktop task is 1 minute (see the "Compare scheduling options" table).
In practice, the Desktop app's Routines → Edit dialog hard-blocks any sub-hourly schedule. Selecting Custom and entering a sub-hourly cron expression fails validation and cannot be saved.
Steps to reproduce
- Desktop app → Routines → open/create a Local routine.
- Schedule → Custom.
- Enter any sub-hourly cron, e.g.
*/1 8-17 * * 1-5(also tried*/5 * * * *,*/30 * * * *). - Validation error appears, Save is blocked:
> „Zeitpläne dürfen höchstens einmal pro Stunde ausgeführt werden."
> (EN: "Schedules may run at most once per hour.")
Expected
Either:
- the UI accepts intervals down to 1 minute for local routines, matching the docs, or
- the docs are corrected to state that Desktop routines also have a 1-hour minimum.
The current mismatch is confusing: the docs table lists Desktop min interval = 1 minute, and the docs even suggest "ask Claude in a Desktop session to set the schedule" for finer intervals, but the underlying validator rejects anything under 1 hour.
Environment
- Claude Code Desktop, macOS (Darwin 25.5.0)
- App version: Claude 1.28929.0 (d1a6bc), build 2026-08-11