task scheduler changes "next run time" on refresh

Discussion in 'Microsoft Office' started by Nazzy, Sep 19, 2023.

  1. Nazzy

    Nazzy MDL Junior Member

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    #1 Nazzy, Sep 19, 2023
    Last edited: Sep 19, 2023
    Just noticed a strange behavior in Task Scheduler for Microsoft365 and Office2016 tasks. When clicking "refresh" with mouse in window showing list of tasks, the "Next Run Time" changes the time it will run (but not the day). This happens every time on refresh. At first I thought it was due to a task having the trigger "when computer is idle", and then clicking refresh resets the idle timer, but other tasks don't have this trigger and their next run time still changed.

    Affected tasks: M365 (Win11):
    Office Automatic Updates 2.0
    Office ClickToRun Service Monitor
    Office Feature Updates

    Affected task: Office 2016 (Win10):
    Office 15 Subscription Heartbeat

    Additionally, this also happens on "OneDrive Standalone Update" task on Win11.

    All other observable tasks were unaffected.

    Can anyone confirm this behavior and/or know why it happens? Possible bug in Task Scheduler?
     
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  2. feek

    feek MDL Novice

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    Hey, just came across your post because I was experiencing this strange same issue, though not for M365 related tasks. It's a task that was created by win-acme for Let's Encrypt certificates. This is on a Windows Server 2022 machine.
     
  3. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

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    It's true.
    Oh yes, it changes, but I don't care at all, let it change.
    I don't know the reason and I don't bother to look for it either.
     
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