When a cron job fires at 13:00:00.014 and completes at 13:00:00.021,
computeNextRunAtMs was flooring nowMs to 13:00:00.000 and asking croner
for the next occurrence from that exact boundary. Croner could return
13:00:00.000 (same second) since it uses >= semantics, causing the job
to be immediately re-triggered hundreds of times.
Fix: Ask croner for the next occurrence starting from the NEXT second
(e.g., 13:00:01.000). This ensures we always skip the current/elapsed
second and correctly return the next day's occurrence.
This also correctly handles the before-match case: if nowMs is
11:59:59.500, we ask from 12:00:00.000, and croner returns today's
12:00:00.000 match.
Added regression tests for the spin loop scenario.
The `computeNextRunAtMs` function used `nowSecondMs - 1` as the
reference time for croner's `nextRun()`, which caused it to return the
current second as a valid next-run time. When a job fired at e.g.
11:00:00.500, computing the next run still yielded 11:00:00.000 (same
second, already elapsed), causing the scheduler to immediately re-fire
the job in a tight loop (15-21x observed in the wild).
Fix: use `nowSecondMs` directly (no `-1` lookback) and change the
return guard from `>=` to `>` so next-run is always strictly after
the current second.
Fixes#14164
* fix(cron): recover flat params when LLM omits job wrapper (#11310)
Non-frontier models (e.g. Grok) flatten job properties to the top level
alongside `action` instead of nesting them inside the `job` parameter.
The opaque schema (`Type.Object({}, { additionalProperties: true })`)
gives these models no structural hint, so they put name, schedule,
payload, etc. as siblings of action.
Add a flat-params recovery step in the cron add handler: when
`params.job` is missing or an empty object, scan for recognised job
property names on params and construct a synthetic job object before
passing to `normalizeCronJobCreate`. Recovery requires at least one
meaningful signal field (schedule, payload, message, or text) to avoid
false positives.
Added tests:
- Flat params with no job wrapper → recovered
- Empty job object + flat params → recovered
- Message shorthand at top level → inferred as agentTurn
- No meaningful fields → still throws 'job required'
- Non-empty job takes precedence over flat params
* fix(cron): floor nowMs to second boundary before croner lookback
Cron expressions operate at second granularity. When nowMs falls
mid-second (e.g. 12:00:00.500) and the pattern targets that exact
second (like '0 0 12 * * *'), a 1ms lookback still lands inside the
matching second. Croner interprets this as 'already past' and skips
to the next occurrence (e.g. the following day).
Fix: floor nowMs to the start of the current second before applying
the 1ms lookback. This ensures the reference always falls in the
*previous* second, so croner correctly identifies the current match.
Also compare the result against the floored nowSecondMs (not raw nowMs)
so that a match at the start of the current second is not rejected by
the >= guard when nowMs has sub-second offset.
Adds regression tests for 6-field cron patterns with specific seconds.
* fix: add changelog entries for cron fixes (#12124) (thanks @tyler6204)
* test: stabilize warning filter emit assertion (#12124) (thanks @tyler6204)
* fix(cron): comprehensive cron scheduling and delivery fixes
- Fix delivery target resolution for isolated agent cron jobs
- Improve schedule parsing and validation
- Add job retry logic and error handling
- Enhance cron ops with better state management
- Add timer improvements for more reliable cron execution
- Add cron event type to protocol schema
- Support cron events in heartbeat runner (skip empty-heartbeat check,
use dedicated CRON_EVENT_PROMPT for relay)
* fix: remove cron debug test and add changelog/docs notes (#11641) (thanks @tyler6204)
* refactor: update cron job wake mode and run mode handling
- Changed default wake mode from 'next-heartbeat' to 'now' in CronJobEditor and related CLI commands.
- Updated cron-tool tests to reflect changes in run mode, introducing 'due' and 'force' options.
- Enhanced cron-tool logic to handle new run modes and ensure compatibility with existing job structures.
- Added new tests for delivery plan consistency and job execution behavior under various conditions.
- Improved normalization functions to handle wake mode and session target casing.
This refactor aims to streamline cron job configurations and enhance the overall user experience with clearer defaults and improved functionality.
* test: enhance cron job functionality and UI
- Added tests to ensure the isolated agent correctly announces the final payload text when delivering messages via Telegram.
- Implemented a new function to pick the last deliverable payload from a list of delivery payloads.
- Enhanced the cron service to maintain legacy "every" jobs while minute cron jobs recompute schedules.
- Updated the cron store migration tests to verify the addition of anchorMs to legacy every schedules.
- Improved the UI for displaying cron job details, including job state and delivery information, with new styles and layout adjustments.
These changes aim to improve the reliability and user experience of the cron job system.
* test: enhance sessions thinking level handling
- Added tests to verify that the correct thinking levels are applied during session spawning.
- Updated the sessions-spawn-tool to include a new parameter for overriding thinking levels.
- Enhanced the UI to support additional thinking levels, including "xhigh" and "full", and improved the handling of current options in dropdowns.
These changes aim to improve the flexibility and accuracy of thinking level configurations in session management.
* feat: enhance session management and cron job functionality
- Introduced passthrough arguments in the test-parallel script to allow for flexible command-line options.
- Updated session handling to hide cron run alias session keys from the sessions list, improving clarity.
- Enhanced the cron service to accurately record job start times and durations, ensuring better tracking of job execution.
- Added tests to verify the correct behavior of the cron service under various conditions, including zero-delay timers.
These changes aim to improve the usability and reliability of session and cron job management.
* feat: implement job running state checks in cron service
- Added functionality to prevent manual job runs if a job is already in progress, enhancing job management.
- Updated the `isJobDue` function to include checks for running jobs, ensuring accurate scheduling.
- Enhanced the `run` function to return a specific reason when a job is already running.
- Introduced a new test case to verify the behavior of forced manual runs during active job execution.
These changes aim to improve the reliability and clarity of cron job execution and management.
* feat: add session ID and key to CronRunLogEntry model
- Introduced `sessionid` and `sessionkey` properties to the `CronRunLogEntry` struct for enhanced tracking of session-related information.
- Updated the initializer and Codable conformance to accommodate the new properties, ensuring proper serialization and deserialization.
These changes aim to improve the granularity of logging and session management within the cron job system.
* fix: improve session display name resolution
- Updated the `resolveSessionDisplayName` function to ensure that both label and displayName are trimmed and default to an empty string if not present.
- Enhanced the logic to prevent returning the key if it matches the label or displayName, improving clarity in session naming.
These changes aim to enhance the accuracy and usability of session display names in the UI.
* perf: skip cron store persist when idle timer tick produces no changes
recomputeNextRuns now returns a boolean indicating whether any job
state was mutated. The idle path in onTimer only persists when the
return value is true, eliminating unnecessary file writes every 60s
for far-future or idle schedules.
* fix: prep for merge - explicit delivery mode migration, docs + changelog (#10776) (thanks @tyler6204)
* fix(cron): handle legacy atMs field in schedule when computing next run
The cron scheduler only checked for `schedule.at` (string) but legacy jobs
may have `schedule.atMs` (number) from before the schema migration.
This caused nextRunAtMs to stay null because:
1. Store migration runs on load but may not persist immediately
2. Race conditions or file mtime issues can skip migration
3. computeJobNextRunAtMs/computeNextRunAtMs only checked `at`, not `atMs`
Fix: Make both functions defensive by checking `atMs` first (number),
then `atMs` (string, for edge cases), then falling back to `at` (string).
This ensures jobs fire correctly even if:
- Migration hasn't run yet
- Old data was written by a previous version
- The store was manually edited
Fixes#9930
* fix: validate numeric atMs to prevent NaN/Infinity propagation
Addresses review feedback - numeric atMs values are now validated with
Number.isFinite() && atMs > 0 before use. This prevents corrupted or
manually edited stores from causing hot timer loops via setTimeout(..., NaN).
- Updated isolated cron jobs to support new delivery modes: `announce` and `none`, improving output management.
- Refactored job configuration to remove legacy fields and streamline delivery settings.
- Enhanced the `CronJobEditor` UI to reflect changes in delivery options, including a new segmented control for delivery mode selection.
- Updated documentation to clarify the new delivery configurations and their implications for job execution.
- Improved tests to validate the new delivery behavior and ensure backward compatibility with legacy settings.
This update provides users with greater flexibility in managing how isolated jobs deliver their outputs, enhancing overall usability and clarity in job configurations.
When anchorMs is not provided (always in production), the schedule
computed nextRunAtMs as nowMs, causing jobs to fire immediately and
repeatedly instead of at the configured interval.
- Change nowMs <= anchor to nowMs < anchor to prevent early return
- Add Math.max(1, ...) to ensure steps is always at least 1
- Add test for anchorMs not provided case
