Glossary

Hook
The named action a scheduled task fires (e.g. woocommerce_scheduled_sales).
Schedule
How often a task recurs — hourly, twicedaily, daily, or a custom interval; “single” means it runs once.
Stall threshold
How long a task may run before Cron-Sentry treats it as stuck and force-closes it.
Heartbeat endpoint
The secret URL an external scheduler hits to drive cron on an exact interval.