diff --git a/Signal/AppLaunch/AppDelegate.swift b/Signal/AppLaunch/AppDelegate.swift
index 7c4ba22d46..c219f42aa1 100644
--- a/Signal/AppLaunch/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Signal/AppLaunch/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -673,6 +673,15 @@ final class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
             ).scheduleProfileFetches()
         }
 
+        let groupV2Updates = SSKEnvironment.shared.groupV2UpdatesRef
+        cron.schedulePeriodically(
+            uniqueKey: .fetchStaleGroup,
+            approximateInterval: .day,
+            mustBeRegistered: true,
+            mustBeConnected: true,
+            operation: { try await groupV2Updates.autoRefreshGroup() },
+        )
+
         appReadiness.runNowOrWhenAppDidBecomeReadyAsync {
             Task.detached(priority: .low) {
                 YDBStorage.deleteYDBStorage()
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupV2UpdatesImpl.swift b/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupV2UpdatesImpl.swift
index 88fba91a21..bc7827607e 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupV2UpdatesImpl.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupV2UpdatesImpl.swift
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import Foundation
 public import LibSignalClient
 
-public class GroupV2UpdatesImpl {
+public class GroupV2UpdatesImpl: GroupV2Updates {
 
     // This tracks the last time that groups were updated to the current
     // revision.
@@ -18,26 +18,18 @@ public class GroupV2UpdatesImpl {
 
     init(appReadiness: AppReadiness) {
         SwiftSingletons.register(self)
-
-        appReadiness.runNowOrWhenMainAppDidBecomeReadyAsync {
-            Task { await self.autoRefreshGroupOnLaunch() }
-        }
     }
 
     // MARK: -
 
-    // On launch, we refresh a few randomly-selected groups.
-    private func autoRefreshGroupOnLaunch() async {
+    // On launch, we refresh a randomly-selected group.
+    public func autoRefreshGroup() async throws(CancellationError) {
         let tsAccountManager = DependenciesBridge.shared.tsAccountManager
         guard tsAccountManager.registrationStateWithMaybeSneakyTransaction.isRegistered else {
             return
         }
 
-        do throws(CancellationError) {
-            try await SSKEnvironment.shared.messageProcessorRef.waitForFetchingAndProcessing()
-        } catch {
-            return
-        }
+        try await SSKEnvironment.shared.messageProcessorRef.waitForFetchingAndProcessing()
 
         guard let groupInfoToRefresh = Self.findGroupToAutoRefresh() else {
             // We didn't find a group to refresh; abort.
@@ -48,15 +40,15 @@ public class GroupV2UpdatesImpl {
         let groupSecretParams = groupInfoToRefresh.groupSecretParams
         if let lastRefreshDate = groupInfoToRefresh.lastRefreshDate {
             let formattedDays = String(format: "%.1f", -lastRefreshDate.timeIntervalSinceNow / TimeInterval.day)
-            Logger.info("Auto-refreshing group: \(groupId) which hasn't been refreshed in \(formattedDays) days.")
+            Logger.info("auto-refreshing group: \(groupId) which hasn't been refreshed in \(formattedDays) days")
         } else {
-            Logger.info("Auto-refreshing group: \(groupId) which has never been refreshed.")
+            Logger.info("auto-refreshing group: \(groupId) which has never been refreshed")
         }
 
         do {
             try await self.refreshGroup(secretParams: groupSecretParams)
         } catch GroupsV2Error.localUserNotInGroup {
-            Logger.warn("Can't auto-refresh group unless we're a member")
+            Logger.warn("can't auto-refresh group unless we're a member")
         } catch {
             owsFailDebugUnlessNetworkFailure(error)
         }
@@ -70,8 +62,7 @@ public class GroupV2UpdatesImpl {
 
     private static func findGroupToAutoRefresh() -> GroupInfo? {
         // Enumerate the all v2 groups, trying to find the "best" one to refresh.
-        // The "best" is the group that hasn't been refreshed in the longest
-        // time.
+        // The "best" is the group that hasn't been refreshed in the longest time.
         SSKEnvironment.shared.databaseStorageRef.read { transaction in
             var groupInfoToRefresh: GroupInfo?
             TSGroupThread.anyEnumerate(
@@ -131,11 +122,6 @@ public class GroupV2UpdatesImpl {
             return groupInfoToRefresh
         }
     }
-}
-
-// MARK: - GroupV2UpdatesSwift
-
-extension GroupV2UpdatesImpl: GroupV2Updates {
 
     public func updateGroupWithChangeActions(
         groupId: GroupIdentifier,
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupsV2.swift b/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupsV2.swift
index 8c3dcc04ef..6579424d22 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupsV2.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/Groups/GroupsV2.swift
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ public struct GroupsV2BuiltGroupChange {
 // MARK: -
 
 public protocol GroupV2Updates {
+    func autoRefreshGroup() async throws(CancellationError)
+
     func refreshGroupImpl(
         secretParams: GroupSecretParams,
         spamReportingMetadata: GroupUpdateSpamReportingMetadata,
@@ -612,6 +614,10 @@ public class MockGroupsV2: GroupsV2 {
 // MARK: -
 
 public class MockGroupV2Updates: GroupV2Updates {
+    public func autoRefreshGroup() async throws(CancellationError) {
+        owsFail("Not implemented.")
+    }
+
     public func refreshGroupImpl(
         secretParams: GroupSecretParams,
         spamReportingMetadata: GroupUpdateSpamReportingMetadata,
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/Jobs/Cron.swift b/SignalServiceKit/Jobs/Cron.swift
index e4a9c82d56..5c5b0db95a 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/Jobs/Cron.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/Jobs/Cron.swift
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class Cron {
         case checkUsername
         case cleanUpMessageSendLog
         case cleanUpViewOnceMessages
+        case fetchStaleGroup
     }
 
     init(