---
type: Feature
title: "Basic Auth for Scheduled Endpoints"
description: "Learn how Basic Auth protects endpoints invoked by Web CRON, what it does not cover, and the credential handling to review before scheduling a route."
resource: "https://web-cron.info/features/basic-auth/"
tags: [choose, web-cron]
timestamp: 2026-06-09T00:00:00Z
---

# Basic Auth for Scheduled Endpoints

Learn how Basic Auth protects endpoints invoked by Web CRON, what it does not cover, and the credential handling to review before scheduling a route.

## Verified claims

- Protected endpoints can use Basic web authentication with username and password. — source: https://ostr.io/info/web-cron (accessed 2026-06-09)

## Related

- [How Hosted Web CRON Works](/guides/how-it-works.md)
- [HTTP Task Calls](/features/http-s-task-calls.md)
- [Web CRON Frequently Asked Questions](/faq.md)
- [Get Started with Web CRON by ostr.io](/getting-started.md)

## Source

Claims about Web CRON are verified against the official ostr.io pages ([web-cron](https://ostr.io/info/web-cron), [pricing](https://ostr.io/info/pricing)), last accessed 2026-06-09. Where public documentation does not confirm a detail, this knowledge marks it "not confirmed from public documentation" rather than guessing.