Job schedule using when with multiple dates not working
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Description
Description of Issue
It is not possible to define job which must runs multiple times every day using salt schedule with when directive. If only single date/time is specified then everything works as expected.
If job has defined multiple run hours and schedule.reload is executed then only hours after now are scheduled. Propably cron directive could be used to achieve this but it requires python2-croniter package which is not a part of base RHEL/CentOS 7 in opposite to python-dateutil which is a base package.
I've managed to achieve working solutions by modifying salt/utils/schedule.py:
@@ -963,9 +963,10 @@ class Schedule(object):
_when.sort()
# Copy the list so we can loop through it
+ today = dateutil_parser.parse('0:00')
for i in copy.deepcopy(_when):
if len(_when) > 1:
- if i < now - loop_interval:
+ if i < today - loop_interval:
But I'm not sure if it is a proper solution and do not break something else. Is it possible to fix it this way or am I misunderstanding something? Maybe just a hint in documentation should be added to clarify usage if it cannot be changed? If You agree to fix it then I could provide pull request with patch.
As a workaround for now I have defined multiple jobs with single when time definition instead of one job with multiple entries in when directive.
Setup
/srv/pillar/top.sls
base:
'*':
- schedule
Define hours before now in /srv/pillar/schedule.sls
schedule:
test:
function: test.ping
name: test
when:
- 09:00am
- 10:00am
- 11:00am
Steps to Reproduce Issue
salt-call pillar.get schedule
local:
----------
test:
----------
function:
test.ping
name:
test
when:
- 09:00am
- 10:00am
- 11:00am
salt-call schedule.reload
local:
----------
comment:
- Reloaded schedule from pillar on minion.
result:
True
salt-call schedule.list
local:
schedule:
test:
enabled: true
function: test.ping
name: test
when:
- 09:00am
- 10:00am
- 11:00am
salt-call schedule.show_next_fire_time test
local:
----------
next_fire_time:
None
result:
True
When defined hours are after now then it works as expected:
salt-call schedule.list
local:
schedule:
test:
enabled: true
function: test.ping
name: test
splay: null
when:
- 17:00pm
- 18:00pm
- 19:00pm
salt-call schedule.show_next_fire_time test
local:
----------
next_fire_time:
2019-06-26T17:00:00
result:
True
Versions Report
Salt Version:
Salt: 2019.2.0
Dependency Versions:
cffi: Not Installed
cherrypy: Not Installed
dateutil: 1.5
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
ioflo: Not Installed
Jinja2: 2.7.2
libgit2: Not Installed
libnacl: Not Installed
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
msgpack-python: 0.5.6
mysql-python: Not Installed
pycparser: Not Installed
pycrypto: 2.6.1
pycryptodome: Not Installed
pygit2: Not Installed
Python: 2.7.5 (default, Oct 30 2018, 23:45:53)
python-gnupg: Not Installed
PyYAML: 3.11
PyZMQ: 15.3.0
RAET: Not Installed
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: Not Installed
Tornado: 4.2.1
ZMQ: 4.1.4
System Versions:
dist: centos 7.6.1810 Core
locale: UTF-8
machine: x86_64
release: 3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64
system: Linux
version: CentOS Linux 7.6.1810 Core
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Research direction
Start in salt/utils/schedule.py around the loop in the reported schedule handling, then reproduce the behavior with schedule.reload and schedule.show_next_fire_time using the supplied multiple-when example. Verify how past and future entries are selected after reload; done means multiple daily times produce a valid next fire time without breaking single-time schedules.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100