Title: Jetpack Connections: Cron job cleanup
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: November 23, 2021
Last modified: August 5, 2025

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 1. [Changelog](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/)
 2. [VIP MU plugins [Production]](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/)
 3. Jetpack Connections: Cron job cleanup

# Jetpack Connections: Cron job cleanup

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 23 November 2021

21:03:40 GMT+0000

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Lower the max backoff time for connection attempts, and unregister the cron job 
when it’s not needed.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2639](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2639)