---
title: "SentryCron Decorator"
description: "Learn about Sentry's SentryCron decorator."
url: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/javascript/guides/nestjs/features/sentry-cron-decorator/
---

# SentryCron Decorator | Sentry for Nest.js

Available since: `v8.16.0`

The NestJS SDK includes a `@SentryCron` decorator that can be used to augment the native NestJS `@Cron` decorator to send check-ins to Sentry before and after each cron job run.

To get started, import `SentryCron` from `@sentry/nestjs` and use it to decorate a cron job function in your NestJS application.

The `@SentryCron` decorator needs to be applied after the `@Cron` decorator, or else the instrumentation does not work.

```typescript
import { Cron } from "@nestjs/schedule";
import { SentryCron } from "@sentry/nestjs";

export class MyCronService {
  @Cron("* * * * *")
  @SentryCron("my-monitor-slug", {
    schedule: {
      type: "crontab",
      value: "* * * * *",
    },
    checkinMargin: 2, // In minutes. Optional.
    maxRuntime: 10, // In minutes. Optional.
    timezone: "America/Los_Angeles", // Optional.
  })
  handleCron() {
    // Your cron job logic here
  }
}
```