diff --git a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
index 048df839..6928f51c 100644
--- a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
+++ b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from django.contrib.sessions.backends.db import SessionStore
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.db.models.manager import BaseManager
+from django_apscheduler.models import DjangoJob, DjangoJobExecution
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 from pgvector.django import CosineDistance
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -936,6 +937,14 @@ class AutomationAdapters:
         if not automation.id.startswith(f"automation_{user.uuid}_"):
             raise ValueError("Invalid automation id")
 
+        django_job = DjangoJob.objects.filter(id=automation.id).first()
+        execution = DjangoJobExecution.objects.filter(job=django_job)
+
+        last_run_time = None
+
+        if execution.exists():
+            last_run_time = execution.latest("run_time").run_time
+
         automation_metadata = json.loads(automation.name)
         crontime = automation_metadata["crontime"]
         timezone = automation.next_run_time.strftime("%Z")
@@ -948,6 +957,7 @@ class AutomationAdapters:
             "schedule": schedule,
             "crontime": crontime,
             "next": automation.next_run_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p %Z"),
+            "last_run": last_run_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p %Z") if last_run_time else None,
         }
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/src/khoj/database/admin.py b/src/khoj/database/admin.py
index b76b0fce..260c4124 100644
--- a/src/khoj/database/admin.py
+++ b/src/khoj/database/admin.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from khoj.database.models import (
     KhojUser,
     NotionConfig,
     OpenAIProcessorConversationConfig,
+    ProcessLock,
     ReflectiveQuestion,
     SearchModelConfig,
     SpeechToTextModelOptions,
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class KhojUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
 admin.site.register(KhojUser, KhojUserAdmin)
 
 admin.site.register(ChatModelOptions)
+admin.site.register(ProcessLock)
 admin.site.register(SpeechToTextModelOptions)
 admin.site.register(OpenAIProcessorConversationConfig)
 admin.site.register(SearchModelConfig)
diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py b/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py
index 6b44253a..c56f1f34 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from starlette.requests import URL
 
 from khoj.database.adapters import (
     AgentAdapters,
+    AutomationAdapters,
     ConversationAdapters,
     EntryAdapters,
     create_khoj_token,
@@ -883,7 +884,26 @@ def should_notify(original_query: str, executed_query: str, ai_response: str) ->
             return True
 
 
-def scheduled_chat(query_to_run: str, scheduling_request: str, subject: str, user: KhojUser, calling_url: URL):
+def scheduled_chat(
+    query_to_run: str, scheduling_request: str, subject: str, user: KhojUser, calling_url: URL, job_id: str = None
+):
+    logger.info(f"Processing scheduled_chat: {query_to_run}")
+    if job_id:
+        # Get the job object and check whether the time is valid for it to run. This helps avoid race conditions that cause the same job to be run multiple times.
+        job = AutomationAdapters.get_automation(user, job_id)
+        metadata = AutomationAdapters.get_automation_metadata(user, job)
+
+        last_run_time = metadata.get("last_run", None)
+
+        # Convert last_run_time from %Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p %Z to datetime object
+        if last_run_time:
+            last_run_time = datetime.strptime(last_run_time, "%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p %Z").replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+
+            # If the last run time was within the last 6 hours, don't run it again. This helps avoid multithreading issues and rate limits.
+            if (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - last_run_time).total_seconds() < 21600:
+                logger.info(f"Skipping scheduled chat {job_id} as the next run time is in the future.")
+                return
+
     # Extract relevant params from the original URL
     scheme = "http" if not calling_url.is_secure else "https"
     query_dict = parse_qs(calling_url.query)
@@ -971,6 +991,7 @@ async def schedule_automation(
             "subject": subject,
             "user": user,
             "calling_url": calling_url,
+            "job_id": job_id,
         },
         id=job_id,
         name=job_metadata,