Fix for #6501 - don't fail to publish app when cron expression is empty in any automation, just don't publish that automation. Also adding an error to automation to make it clear an expression is required.

packages/builder/src/components/automation/SetupPanel/CronBuilder.svelte

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script>
-  import { Button, Select, Input } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { Button, Select, Input, Label } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     dispatch("change", e.detail)
   }
 
+  let touched = false
   let presets = false
 
   const CRON_EXPRESSIONS = [
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@
 </script>
 
 <div class="block-field">
-  <Input on:change={onChange} {value} />
+  <Input on:change={onChange} {value} on:blur={() => (touched = true)} />
-
+  {#if touched && !value}
+    <Label><div class="error">Please specify a CRON expression</div></Label>
+  {/if}
   <div class="presets">
     <Button on:click={() => (presets = !presets)}
       >{presets ? "Hide" : "Show"} Presets</Button
@@ -62,4 +65,8 @@
   .block-field {
     padding-top: var(--spacing-s);
   }
+  .error {
+    padding-top: var(--spacing-xs);
+    color: var(--spectrum-global-color-red-500);
+  }
 </style>

packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export async function enableCronTrigger(appId: any, automation: any) {
     )
   }
   // need to create cron job
-  if (isCronTrigger(automation)) {
+  if (isCronTrigger(automation) && trigger?.inputs.cron) {
     // make a job id rather than letting Bull decide, makes it easier to handle on way out
     const jobId = `${appId}_cron_${newid()}`
     const job: any = await queue.add(