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A cron-triggered deploy script works manually and fails overnight

무료
시나리오

A maintenance script is promoted to cron and later the scheduled run fails with a binary not found error no one can reproduce manually.

먼저 볼 것
  • Identify the primary failure signal in the The Script Worked at the Prompt and Lost Its Helper Under Cron scenario.
  • Separate visible symptoms from the underlying technical dependency.
  • Describe the safest recovery path and the follow-up prevention work.
점검 체크리스트
  1. Summarize the current impact and the last known change.
  2. Collect direct evidence from logs, runtime state, and configuration before changing anything.
  3. Separate immediate recovery from permanent prevention work.
복구와 재발 방지

Compare environment assumptions between cron and interactive shells before changing file permissions or script ownership.

같이 보면 좋은 질문
What should you verify first when A cron-triggered deploy script works manually and fails overnight appears?

Community-field Linux problem inspired by Ask Ubuntu and Server Fault cases where cron lacked `/usr/local/bin` in PATH. Cron failures often come from environment drift, not from the command logic itself.

What usually causes A cron-triggered deploy script works manually and fails overnight in production?

Teams often blame flaky binaries when the scheduled environment simply never exposed the expected PATH.

What should you document after resolving A cron-triggered deploy script works manually and fails overnight?

Operational scripts should declare explicit paths for every non-core dependency before moving under cron.