# Motoko (not Rust) Cron Jobs / Scheduled Jobs

**URL:** https://forum.dfinity.org/t/motoko-not-rust-cron-jobs-scheduled-jobs/9818
**Category:** Language Support
**Tags:** Motoko
**Created:** [December 20, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/motoko-not-rust-cron-jobs-scheduled-jobs/9818 "2021-12-20T16:48:24Z")
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### Author: ![Motokoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Motokoder](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Motokoder)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/motoko-not-rust-cron-jobs-scheduled-jobs/9818/1 "2021-12-20T16:48:24Z")

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I have a need to process a queue at regular intervals. So, my canister that initiates the processing of the queue needs to run on a timer. I have seen some discussions about cron jobs in this forum. My understanding is that there is now a solution in Rust (IC Cron), but there is no solution for Motoko at this time. Is that the current status, and if so, are there any near-term plans to provide cron jobs for Motoko?

(I apologize if the answer is obvious and I just don’t understand Rust/Motoko interop.)

Thank you.

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### Author: ![Motokoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Motokoder](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Motokoder)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/motoko-not-rust-cron-jobs-scheduled-jobs/9818/2 "2021-12-20T17:51:00Z")

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This answers one of my questions. At the moment, it is not possible to import Rust modules in Motoko. I’m glad to see that it is a goal though.

> <https://github.com/dfinity/motoko/blob/master/design/WhitePaper.md#foreign-function-interface>

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### Author: ![peterparker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/peterparker)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/motoko-not-rust-cron-jobs-scheduled-jobs/9818/3 "2021-12-20T18:12:17Z")

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This is probably the open issue you are looking for: [Support the heartbeat · Issue #2728 · dfinity/motoko · GitHub](https://github.com/dfinity/motoko/issues/2728)

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### Author: ![Motokoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Motokoder](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Motokoder)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/motoko-not-rust-cron-jobs-scheduled-jobs/9818/4 "2021-12-20T18:49:33Z")

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That’s perfect - thanks!