openresty / openresty/lua-nginx-module
feature request: need a way to cancel the timer created by `ngx.timer.every`.
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Description
Maybe like this:
local hdl, err = ngx.timer.every(delay, callback, user_arg1, user_arg2, ...)
if not hdl then
error(err)
end
-- cancel
local ok, err = ngx.timer.cancel(hdl)
...
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Research direction
Start by reading the existing ngx.timer.every API and its timer lifecycle. Define how the returned handle and ngx.timer.cancel should behave, including success and error cases, then add coverage for creating and cancelling a repeating timer.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, lua
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100