[role="xpack"] [[condition-always]] === Always Condition Use the `always` condition to set the condition to `true`. This forces the watch actions to be executed unless they are <>. The `always` condition enables you to perform watch actions on a fixed schedule, such as, _"Every Friday at noon, send a status report email to sys.admin@example.com."_ ==== Using the Always Condition This is the default if you omit the condition definition from a watch. There are no attributes to specify for the `always` condition. To explicitly use this condition, specify the condition type and associate it with an empty object: [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- "condition" : { "always" : {} } -------------------------------------------------- // NOTCONSOLE