# How to fix missing table errors in pg\_cron

DevFeed: [How to fix missing table errors in pg\_cron](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-fix-missing-table-errors-in-pg-cron-5389.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/how-to-fix-missing-table-errors-in-pg_cron>)

Author: Andrew Tate

Published: 2025-07-14T16:37:35Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how pg_cron schedules SQL jobs inside Postgres using background workers, separate connections, and transaction isolation. It examines failure modes such as indefinite execution and search_path differences, then demonstrates how dropping a referenced table causes a recurring missing-table error and accumulating failure logs. The supplied article ends before presenting the fix.

## Source excerpt

"Timing is everything." Some say that's a quote from Shakespeare, but imho, the true bards of time are the 52 contributors to the pg_cron extension. The concept being pg_cron is simple: run scheduled jobs directly within Postgres using familiar cron syntax. The simplicity belies...