Cron Every 12 Minutes

The cron expression */12 * * * * fires every 12 minutes — at minutes 0, 12, 24, 36, and 48 each hour. Since 60 divides evenly by 12, the intervals are perfectly uniform with no gaps at the hour boundary.

This gives you 5 executions per hour (120 per day), which is a good balance for tasks that need regular but not aggressive polling. Common uses include monitoring dashboards, syncing data between systems, and periodic health checks.

Every 12 minutes is one of the "clean" step values (like 5, 10, 15, 20, 30) that produces even spacing. If you need slightly more frequent runs, try */10 * * * *; for less frequent, */15 * * * *.