openedx / openedx/openedx-platform
Avoid cron jobs for daily and weekly emails
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Description
"This initiative has 3 parts:
- Replace notification email cron jobs with celery tasks.
- Allow instance operators to override default delivery time/day.
- Show configured delivery time/day in Notifications section on ""Account Settings"" page.
Learn more about it here: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OEPM/pages/5429821470/Spec+Replace+email+cron+jobs+with+delayed+task "
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked Open edX specification, then locate the notification email cron jobs and the Notifications section of the Account Settings page. The work is complete when delivery uses Celery tasks, operators can override the default delivery time/day, and the configured values are displayed in Account Settings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100