diff --git a/webservices/cron_status.php b/webservices/cron_status.php
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/webservices/cron_status.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once(__DIR__.'/../approot.inc.php');
+
+const RUNNING = "running";
+const STOPPED = "stopped";
+const ERROR = "error";
+
+$sLogFilename = utils::ReadParam("cron_log_file", null, true, utils::ENUM_SANITIZATION_FILTER_RAW_DATA);
+if (is_null($sLogFilename)) {
+	$sLogFilename = utils::ReadPostedParam("cron_log_file", null, utils::ENUM_SANITIZATION_FILTER_RAW_DATA) ?? "cron.log";
+}
+$sLogFile = APPROOT . "log/$sLogFilename";
+if (is_file($sLogFile)){
+	$sContent = exec("tail -n 1 $sLogFile");
+	if (0 === strpos($sContent, 'Exiting: ')){
+		exec("tail -n 2 $sLogFile", $aContent);
+		//var_dump($aContent);
+		$sContent = implode("\n", $aContent);
+		if (false !== strpos($sContent, 'Already running')){
+			echo ERROR . " (already running)";
+			exit;
+		}
+
+		if (preg_match('/ERROR: (.*)\\n/', $sContent, $aMatches)){
+			echo ERROR . " ($aMatches[1])";
+			exit;
+		}
+
+		echo "$sContent\n";
+		echo STOPPED;
+		exit;
+	}
+
+	echo RUNNING;
+	return;
+}
+
+echo ERROR . "(missing $sLogFile)";
diff --git a/webservices/launch_cron_asynchronously.php b/webservices/launch_cron_asynchronously.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22020dea9
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+++ b/webservices/launch_cron_asynchronously.php
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+<?php
+
+require_once(__DIR__.'/../approot.inc.php');
+
+$sLogFilename = utils::ReadParam("cron_log_file", null, true, utils::ENUM_SANITIZATION_FILTER_RAW_DATA);
+if (is_null($sLogFilename)) {
+	$sLogFilename = utils::ReadPostedParam("cron_log_file", null, utils::ENUM_SANITIZATION_FILTER_RAW_DATA) ?? "cron.log";
+}
+$sLogFile = APPROOT . "log/$sLogFilename";
+
+$sCliParams = utils::ReadParam("cron_cli_parameters", null, true, utils::ENUM_SANITIZATION_FILTER_RAW_DATA);
+if (is_null($sCliParams)) {
+	$sCliParams = utils::ReadPostedParam("cron_cli_parameters", null, utils::ENUM_SANITIZATION_FILTER_RAW_DATA) ?? "--help";
+}
+
+if (is_null($sCliParams)){
+	$sCliParams = "--help";
+} else {
+	$sCliParams = base64_decode($sCliParams, true);
+}
+
+$sCli = sprintf("php %s/cron.php $sCliParams 2>&1 >>$sLogFile &", __DIR__);
+exec("echo $sCli>>$sLogFile");
+$process=popen($sCli, 'r');