Is there a way to simply run Cron manually (say you alter the code and just want to test it)?

I don't want to set the schedule in cron.yaml to a short time and then forget to switch it back. Or is that the only way?

Just hit the url in your browser. http://whatever/cron

Thanks. I cannot deploy mine all of a sudden, not sure what is going on. It says:

Could not guess mimetype for static/master.css.bak. Using application/octet-stream.
04:03 PM Cloning 2 static files.
04:03 PM Cloning 105 application files.
04:03 PM Compilation starting.
04:03 PM Compilation completed.
04:03 PM Starting deployment.
04:03 PM Checking if deployment succeeded.
04:03 PM Will check again in 1 seconds.
04:03 PM Checking if deployment succeeded.
04:03 PM Will check again in 2 seconds.
04:03 PM Checking if deployment succeeded.
04:03 PM Will check again in 4 seconds.

And keeps doubling the time it checks until it gets to 60 seconds, then keeps checking every 60. Have you seen that? I have to kill it using appcfg.py rollback before I can try deploying again, but it still hangs up.

Haven't seen that. Sounds like a problem on Google's end.

I think you are right. I tried it just now and it deployed fine. I guess if anyone else sees that, it is probably just something on Google's end.