javan / javan/whenever

[Feature Request] Pass job frequency as argument to job

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Description

We receive failures of cron jobs in our ticketing system. However, we don't have the context of the schedule.rb there. Obviously, we can just open the code and take a look, but it would be much more comfortable to immediately see how often the job is scheduled to run, because if a job running every 5 minutes fails, it's a whole different thing than having a job fail that runs once a month.

Is there currently a way to pass this job frequency (e.g. "every 30 minutes") into the job? If not, does anybody know the project well enough to estimate the complexity of building this?

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Start by reviewing schedule.rb and the job invocation path to determine whether the configured schedule can be passed into the job. Clarify the desired argument format and how schedules with different frequencies should be represented. Done means a defined approach for exposing the frequency to jobs, with the required behavior and scope agreed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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