Cron class not found

Question

My cronjob is defined as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Cron:etc/crontab.xsd">
    <group id="default">
        <job instance="Vendor\Module\Model\Status" method="update" name="vendor_module_status_update">
            <schedule>0 */2 * * *</schedule>
        </job>
    </group>
</config>

Class Vendor\Module\Model\Status exists and manual test below works fine:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap;
use Magento\Framework\App\Http as Http;
use Magento\Framework\AppInterface as AppInterface;

require '/path/to/app/bootstrap.php';

$bootstrap = Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);

class TestApp extends Http implements AppInterface
{
    public function launch()
    {
        $update = $this->_objectManager->get(Vendor\Module\Model\Status::class);
        $update->update();

        echo get_class($update);

        return $this->_response;
    }

    public function catchException(Bootstrap $bootstrap, Exception $exception): bool
    {
        return false;
    }
}

/** @var Http $app */
$app = $bootstrap->createApplication('TestApp');
$bootstrap->run($app);

However for some reason execution via cronjob throws:

Class Vendor\Module\Model\Status does not exist

Any idea what could be a reason?

Answer 1

• Your class works with Object Manager but does not work when cron running because Vendor_Module module didn't enable yet. Try to check if Vendor_Module is in app/etc/config.php file, if so make sure Vendor_Module does not disable. If you didn't install that module, run setup:upgrade to install and enable the module. Then re-compile code and check the result.

• If you tried the above check but the issue still persists, maybe the Status class has an incorrect file path or incorrect namespace.

The file path should be app/code/Vendor/Module/Model/Status.php

The namespace should be Vendor\Module\Model;

You can check Magento document for reference: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/commerce-operations/configuration-guide/crons/custom-cron-tutorial.html

And it is worth adding Vendor\Module\Model\Status to a __construct() of a controller to check if the Class exists and works or not.