Does supecronic support crontab RANDOM_DELAY variable?
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Description
From man crontab
The RANDOM_DELAY variable allows delaying job startups by random amount of minutes with upper limit specified by the variable. The random scaling factor is determined during the cron daemon startup so it remains constant for the whole run time of the daemon.
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Start with the linked crontab(5) documentation to define RANDOM_DELAY semantics, then inspect Supercronic's scheduling and environment-variable handling to locate the relevant entry points. Done means the stated RANDOM_DELAY behavior is supported and covered by tests; the issue names no specific files or tests.
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- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100