# Schedule v2

> Recurring schedules now support full cron expressions with timezone awareness. Slack notification integration ships alongside this release, giving teams visibility into scheduled actions without logging into ZopNight. Azure Scale Set support rounds out the compute coverage for Azure customers.

Source: https://zop.dev/changelog/v2026-03
Published: 2026-03-03 · Tags: zopnight, schedules, azure

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Cron-aware recurring schedules

## New

- Recurring schedules: full cron expression support with per-schedule timezone configuration
- Slack notifications: receive a message when a schedule executes, pauses, or fails
- Azure Scale Set support: schedules can now target Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

## Improved

- Schedule execution logs are now retained for 90 days (previously 14)

## Fixed

- Schedules no longer execute during the account connection warm-up window