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system covering lifecycle, delivery, notifications, audit, CLI commands,
storage, maintenance, and how tasks relate to cron/heartbeat/sessions.
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feat(cron): support persistent session targets for cron jobs (#9765)
Add support for `sessionTarget: "current"` and `session:<id>` so cron jobs can
bind to the creating session or a persistent named session instead of only
`main` or ephemeral `isolated` sessions.
Also:
- preserve custom session targets across reloads and restarts
- update gateway validation and normalization for the new target forms
- add cron coverage for current/custom session targets and fallback behavior
- fix merged CI regressions in Discord and diffs tests
- add a changelog entry for the new cron session behavior
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* 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)
- 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.
- Default one-shot jobs to delete after success, improving job management.
- Introduced `--keep-after-run` CLI option to allow users to retain one-shot jobs post-execution.
- Updated documentation to clarify default behaviors and new options for one-shot jobs.
- Adjusted cron job creation logic to ensure consistent handling of delete options.
- Enhanced tests to validate new behaviors and ensure reliability.
This update streamlines the handling of one-shot jobs, providing users with more control over job persistence and execution outcomes.
- Updated isolated cron jobs to default to `announce` delivery mode, improving user experience.
- Enhanced scheduling options to accept ISO 8601 timestamps for `schedule.at`, while still supporting epoch milliseconds.
- Refined documentation to clarify delivery modes and scheduling formats.
- Adjusted related CLI commands and UI components to reflect these changes, ensuring consistency across the platform.
- Improved handling of legacy delivery fields for backward compatibility.
This update streamlines the configuration of isolated jobs, making it easier for users to manage job outputs and schedules.
- Added support for new delivery modes in cron jobs: `announce`, `deliver`, and `none`.
- Updated documentation to reflect changes in delivery options and usage examples.
- Enhanced the cron job schema to include delivery configuration.
- Refactored related CLI commands and UI components to accommodate the new delivery settings.
- Improved handling of legacy delivery fields for backward compatibility.
This update allows users to choose how output from isolated jobs is delivered, enhancing flexibility in job management.
