Where do I add a recurring feed?

Go to Jobs → Import. Under Import from feed, click Add feed and paste a public XML feed URL.

How often can the feed run?

Every 1, 3, 6, 12, or 24 hours. The default is 6 hours. The first sync starts within a few minutes of adding the feed.

Can I change the feed URL later?

No. The URL is locked after creation. To use a different URL, add a new feed and pause or remove the old one.

Will an empty feed delete all my jobs?

No. Empty or unparseable feeds never expire listings. Expiry only runs after a job is missing from two consecutive successful runs, and only when Expire missing jobs is enabled.

What does Needs review mean?

The feed paused expiry or further risky changes because a run looked unsafe (for example more than 40% of active feed jobs missing at once). Fix the feed or mapping, then resume from the feed detail page.

Recurring XML job feeds

Pull jobs from a public XML feed URL on a schedule. AI maps fields on the first run, then Cavuno updates, adds, and optionally expires listings automatically.

By Abi Tyas Tunggal and Jack Walsh

Keep a board in sync with a partner, ATS, or aggregator export without re-uploading files. Add a public XML feed URL under Jobs → Import, and Cavuno pulls it on a schedule.

One-shot uploads are covered in Import jobs from CSV or XML.

Add a feed

Go to Jobs → Import
Open Import from feed
Click Add feed
Paste the Feed URL (public http or https XML; gzip is supported)
Optionally set a Feed name so the list is easy to scan
Choose Check every — 1, 3, 6, 12, or 24 hours (default 6)
Leave Expire missing jobs on if jobs that leave the feed should expire after two consecutive misses
Save — the first sync starts within a few minutes

You can have up to 10 feeds per board.

How sync works

First run

Cavuno fetches the feed and runs the same AI field mapping as one-shot import. Mapping is stored for later runs so you do not re-map every cycle.

Later runs

Unchanged body: if the feed content has not changed, the run short-circuits without rewriting jobs
New or changed jobs: matched by apply URL, external ID / reference number, or a composite fingerprint, then created or updated in place
Missing jobs: when Expire missing jobs is on, a job missing for two consecutive successful runs is expired (about 12 hours at the default 6-hour cadence)

Safety guards

An empty or unparseable feed never expires anything
If more than about 40% of active feed jobs would go missing in one run, the feed moves to Needs review and expiry is held back
Feed URLs cannot be edited after creation — add a new feed to point at a different URL

Feed status

Status	Meaning
First sync pending	Mapping or first pull has not finished yet
Active	Running on schedule
Failing	Recent pulls failed (network, parse, or similar)
Needs review	A safety guard fired; check the feed detail and last error
Paused	The feed is disabled in settings

Open a feed from the list to see last run, next run, interval, expire settings, and recent run history. Interval and expire options save automatically.

When to use a feed

Partner or association boards that publish a shared XML feed
ATS or job-distribution exports on a stable URL
Indeed-style or other crawl-cadence feeds (6-hour default matches common crawl intervals)

Prefer one-shot import for a one-time migration file, and backfill when you want Cavuno to scrape company careers pages instead of an XML feed.

Import jobs from CSV or XML: One-shot uploads
Configure backfill: Careers-page aggregation
Job moderation: Imports publish without the approval queue