@warlock.js/scheduler 5.19.1 → 5.20.0

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- ---
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- name: observe-scheduler
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- description: "Observability and lifecycle in @warlock.js/scheduler; use when you need to observe scheduler."
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- ---
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-
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- # Observability and lifecycle
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-
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- The `Scheduler` extends Node's `EventEmitter` with a fully-typed surface. Wire listeners before calling `.start()`.
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-
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- ## All seven events
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-
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- ```ts
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- type SchedulerEvents = {
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- "job:start": [jobName: string];
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- "job:complete": [jobName: string, result: JobResult];
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- "job:error": [jobName: string, error: unknown];
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- "job:skip": [jobName: string, reason: string];
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- "scheduler:started": [];
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- "scheduler:stopped": [];
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- "scheduler:tick": [timestamp: Date];
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- };
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- ```
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-
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- | Event | When it fires |
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- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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- | `scheduler:started` | Once, after `.start()` enters the tick loop |
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- | `scheduler:stopped` | When `.stop()` halts the loop. Not emitted if `.stop()` was a no-op (never started) |
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- | `scheduler:tick` | Every tick — once per `runEvery()` interval (default 1 s). Keep handlers lightweight. |
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- | `job:start` | Just before a job's callback is first invoked (NOT once per retry) |
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- | `job:complete` | When a job finishes successfully (possibly after retries) |
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- | `job:error` | When a job exhausts all retries and the final attempt still throws |
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- | `job:skip` | When a tick finds the job already running (see retry-and-overlap for when this occurs) |
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-
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- **Contract for retries.** `job:start` and `job:complete`/`job:error` fire **once per fire**, not once per retry attempt. The retry count surfaces inside the `JobResult` passed to `job:complete`, or as `result.retries === maxRetries` on the failure path.
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- ## `JobResult` shape
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-
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- ```ts
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- type JobResult = {
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- success: boolean;
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- duration: number; // milliseconds, end-to-end including retry waits
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- error?: unknown; // present when success === false
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- retries?: number; // attempts that failed before the final outcome
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- };
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- ```
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-
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- `duration` is wall-clock from the first attempt's start to the final settlement — useful for both p50 metrics and capacity planning.
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- ## Subscribing
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-
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- ```ts
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- import type { JobResult } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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- import { scheduler } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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-
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- scheduler.on("job:start", name => log.debug({ name }, "job start"));
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- scheduler.on("job:complete", (name, result: JobResult) => {
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- log.info({ name, duration: result.duration, retries: result.retries }, "job complete");
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- });
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- scheduler.on("job:error", (name, error) => log.error({ name, error }, "job failed"));
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- scheduler.on("job:skip", (name, reason) => log.warn({ name, reason }, "job skipped"));
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- ```
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-
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- `.on()`, `.once()`, `.off()` are all type-narrowed via `SchedulerEvents`.
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- ## Lifecycle methods
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- ### `.start()`
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- Prepares every registered job (computes initial `nextRun`) and enters the tick loop. Emits `scheduler:started`.
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- Throws if:
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- - already running (`"Scheduler is already running."`)
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- - zero jobs registered (`"Cannot start scheduler with no jobs."`)
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-
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- ### `.stop()`
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-
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- Immediately clears the next-tick timer. Does NOT wait for jobs currently mid-execution. Emits `scheduler:stopped`. **No-op if not running** — calling `.stop()` on a never-started or already-stopped scheduler is safe and silent.
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- ### `.shutdown(timeout = 30000)`
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-
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- Graceful equivalent of `.stop()`:
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-
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- 1. Marks the scheduler as shutting down (no new ticks scheduled).
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- 2. Calls `.stop()` internally (so `scheduler:stopped` fires).
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- 3. Awaits every currently-running job's `waitForCompletion()`, capped by `timeout`.
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- 4. Resolves either when all jobs finish or when the timeout elapses.
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- ```ts
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- process.on("SIGTERM", async () => {
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- await scheduler.shutdown(30_000);
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- process.exit(0);
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- });
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- ```
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- The timeout is a HARD cap — jobs still running after it are abandoned (their promises keep resolving in the background, but the scheduler doesn't await them). The package does not currently support per-job timeouts or `AbortSignal` cancellation.
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- ## Production observer pattern
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- Wire all observers before `start()`, in one place:
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- ```ts
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- import { scheduler } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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- import { logger } from "./logger";
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- import { metrics } from "./metrics";
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- import { alerts } from "./alerts";
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- scheduler.on("job:start", name => metrics.increment(`job.start.${name}`));
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- scheduler.on("job:complete", (name, result) => {
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- metrics.increment(`job.success.${name}`);
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- metrics.timing(`job.duration.${name}`, result.duration);
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- if (result.retries) metrics.increment(`job.retries.${name}`, result.retries);
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- });
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- scheduler.on("job:error", (name, error) => {
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- logger.error({ name, error }, "Job failed permanently");
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- alerts.critical(`Scheduler job "${name}" failed`, error);
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- });
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- scheduler.on("job:skip", (name, reason) => {
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- logger.warn({ name, reason }, "Job skipped — likely external invocation in flight");
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- });
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- scheduler.on("scheduler:started", () => logger.info("scheduler up"));
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- scheduler.on("scheduler:stopped", () => logger.info("scheduler down"));
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- // Register jobs, then:
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- scheduler.start();
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- ```
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- ## Inspection at runtime
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- ```ts
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- scheduler.isRunning; // boolean
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- scheduler.jobCount; // number of registered jobs
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- scheduler.list(); // readonly Job[]
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- scheduler.getJob("name"); // Job | undefined
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- ```
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- And on each `Job`:
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- ```ts
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- job.nextRun; // Dayjs | null
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- job.lastRun; // Dayjs | null — success OR failure
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- job.isRunning; // boolean
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- job.intervals; // readonly schedule config
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- job.cronExpression; // string | null
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- ```
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- ## See also
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- - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/configure-retry-and-overlap/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/configure-retry-and-overlap/SKILL.md) — what triggers each event in detail
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- - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md) — the methods that mutate the state these getters expose
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+ ---
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+ name: observe-scheduler
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+ description: 'Subscribe to scheduler lifecycle and job events for logging / metrics / alerting / graceful shutdown — seven typed `SchedulerEvents`, `JobResult` payload, `start()` / `stop()` / `shutdown()`. Triggers: `scheduler.on`, `scheduler.shutdown`, `JobResult`, `job:complete`, `job:error`, `scheduler:started`, `scheduler.getJob`; "graceful SIGTERM shutdown", "did this job run", "scheduler metrics and alerts", "subscribe to job events"; typical import `import { scheduler, type JobResult } from "@warlock.js/scheduler"`. Skip: retry / overlap — `@warlock.js/scheduler/configure-retry-and-overlap/SKILL.md`; building schedules — `@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md`; native `EventEmitter`, `process.on`.'
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Observability and lifecycle
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+
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+ The `Scheduler` extends Node's `EventEmitter` with a fully-typed surface. Wire listeners before calling `.start()`.
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+
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+ ## All seven events
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ type SchedulerEvents = {
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+ "job:start": [jobName: string];
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+ "job:complete": [jobName: string, result: JobResult];
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+ "job:error": [jobName: string, error: unknown];
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+ "job:skip": [jobName: string, reason: string];
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+ "scheduler:started": [];
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+ "scheduler:stopped": [];
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+ "scheduler:tick": [timestamp: Date];
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+ };
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+ ```
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+
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+ | Event | When it fires |
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+ | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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+ | `scheduler:started` | Once, after `.start()` enters the tick loop |
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+ | `scheduler:stopped` | When `.stop()` halts the loop. Not emitted if `.stop()` was a no-op (never started) |
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+ | `scheduler:tick` | Every tick — once per `runEvery()` interval (default 1 s). Keep handlers lightweight. |
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+ | `job:start` | Just before a job's callback is first invoked (NOT once per retry) |
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+ | `job:complete` | When a job finishes successfully (possibly after retries) |
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+ | `job:error` | When a job exhausts all retries and the final attempt still throws |
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+ | `job:skip` | When a tick finds the job already running (see retry-and-overlap for when this occurs) |
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+
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+ **Contract for retries.** `job:start` and `job:complete`/`job:error` fire **once per fire**, not once per retry attempt. The retry count surfaces inside the `JobResult` passed to `job:complete`, or as `result.retries === maxRetries` on the failure path.
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+
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+ ## `JobResult` shape
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ type JobResult = {
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+ success: boolean;
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+ duration: number; // milliseconds, end-to-end including retry waits
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+ error?: unknown; // present when success === false
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+ retries?: number; // attempts that failed before the final outcome
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+ };
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+ ```
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+
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+ `duration` is wall-clock from the first attempt's start to the final settlement — useful for both p50 metrics and capacity planning.
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+
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+ ## Subscribing
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+ ```ts
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+ import type { JobResult } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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+ import { scheduler } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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+
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+ scheduler.on("job:start", name => log.debug({ name }, "job start"));
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+ scheduler.on("job:complete", (name, result: JobResult) => {
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+ log.info({ name, duration: result.duration, retries: result.retries }, "job complete");
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+ });
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+ scheduler.on("job:error", (name, error) => log.error({ name, error }, "job failed"));
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+ scheduler.on("job:skip", (name, reason) => log.warn({ name, reason }, "job skipped"));
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+ ```
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+
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+ `.on()`, `.once()`, `.off()` are all type-narrowed via `SchedulerEvents`.
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+
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+ ## Lifecycle methods
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+
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+ ### `.start()`
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+ Prepares every registered job (computes initial `nextRun`) and enters the tick loop. Emits `scheduler:started`.
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+
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+ Throws if:
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+ - already running (`"Scheduler is already running."`)
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+ - zero jobs registered (`"Cannot start scheduler with no jobs."`)
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+
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+ ### `.stop()`
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+
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+ Immediately clears the next-tick timer. Does NOT wait for jobs currently mid-execution. Emits `scheduler:stopped`. **No-op if not running** — calling `.stop()` on a never-started or already-stopped scheduler is safe and silent.
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+
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+ ### `.shutdown(timeout = 30000)`
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+
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+ Graceful equivalent of `.stop()`:
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+
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+ 1. Marks the scheduler as shutting down (no new ticks scheduled).
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+ 2. Calls `.stop()` internally (so `scheduler:stopped` fires).
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+ 3. Awaits every currently-running job's `waitForCompletion()`, capped by `timeout`.
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+ 4. Resolves either when all jobs finish or when the timeout elapses.
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ process.on("SIGTERM", async () => {
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+ await scheduler.shutdown(30_000);
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+ process.exit(0);
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+ });
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+ ```
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+
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+ The timeout is a HARD cap — jobs still running after it are abandoned (their promises keep resolving in the background, but the scheduler doesn't await them). The package does not currently support per-job timeouts or `AbortSignal` cancellation.
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+
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+ ## Production observer pattern
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+
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+ Wire all observers before `start()`, in one place:
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ import { scheduler } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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+ import { logger } from "./logger";
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+ import { metrics } from "./metrics";
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+ import { alerts } from "./alerts";
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+ scheduler.on("job:start", name => metrics.increment(`job.start.${name}`));
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+ scheduler.on("job:complete", (name, result) => {
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+ metrics.increment(`job.success.${name}`);
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+ metrics.timing(`job.duration.${name}`, result.duration);
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+ if (result.retries) metrics.increment(`job.retries.${name}`, result.retries);
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+ });
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+
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+ scheduler.on("job:error", (name, error) => {
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+ logger.error({ name, error }, "Job failed permanently");
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+ alerts.critical(`Scheduler job "${name}" failed`, error);
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+ });
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+
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+ scheduler.on("job:skip", (name, reason) => {
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+ logger.warn({ name, reason }, "Job skipped — likely external invocation in flight");
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+ });
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+ scheduler.on("scheduler:started", () => logger.info("scheduler up"));
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+ scheduler.on("scheduler:stopped", () => logger.info("scheduler down"));
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+
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+ // Register jobs, then:
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+ scheduler.start();
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Inspection at runtime
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+ ```ts
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+ scheduler.isRunning; // boolean
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+ scheduler.jobCount; // number of registered jobs
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+ scheduler.list(); // readonly Job[]
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+ scheduler.getJob("name"); // Job | undefined
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+ ```
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+
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+ And on each `Job`:
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+ ```ts
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+ job.nextRun; // Dayjs | null
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+ job.lastRun; // Dayjs | null — success OR failure
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+ job.isRunning; // boolean
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+ job.intervals; // readonly schedule config
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+ job.cronExpression; // string | null
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## See also
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+
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+ - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/configure-retry-and-overlap/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/configure-retry-and-overlap/SKILL.md) — what triggers each event in detail
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+ - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md) — the methods that mutate the state these getters expose
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- name: pin-schedule-timezone
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- description: "Per-job timezones in @warlock.js/scheduler; use when you need to pin schedule timezone."
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- ---
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- # Per-job timezones
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- Every `Job` has its own timezone. The default is **UTC** — `.daily().at("09:00")` fires at 09:00 UTC, regardless of the server's locale or system timezone. Pin to wall-clock time with `.inTimezone(IANA string)`.
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- ## Basic usage
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- ```ts
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- job("morning-digest", sendDailyDigest)
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- .daily()
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- .at("08:00")
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- .inTimezone("America/New_York"); // 8 AM ET, not 8 AM UTC
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- ```
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- `.inTimezone()` is chainable — typically placed after the time/day methods.
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- ## Why the default is UTC
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- A server runs wherever ops put it (Frankfurt, Virginia, GCP us-central1, …). System-local time is unpredictable; UTC is stable. The framework picks the stable default so that `daily().at("09:00")` without further config is reproducible across deployments. Pin to wall-clock time when business hours actually matter.
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- ## Multi-region fan-out
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- Same logical task, three regions:
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- ```ts
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- import { scheduler, job } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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- const regions = [
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- { name: "us-east", tz: "America/New_York" },
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- { name: "eu-west", tz: "Europe/Berlin" },
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- { name: "asia", tz: "Asia/Tokyo" },
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- ];
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-
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- for (const { name, tz } of regions) {
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- scheduler.addJob(
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- job(`morning-report-${name}`, () => sendReport(name))
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- .daily()
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- .at("09:00")
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- .inTimezone(tz)
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- );
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- }
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- scheduler.start();
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- ```
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- Three separate `Job` instances, three separate `nextRun` calculations. Each fires once per day at its region's 09:00.
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- ## DST is automatic
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- dayjs handles transitions correctly. A daily 09:00 job in `America/New_York` shifts between 13:00 UTC (EST winter) and 14:00 UTC (EDT summer) without intervention. The same job in a fixed-offset region (`Asia/Tokyo`, `Africa/Algiers`) stays at a constant UTC offset.
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- ## Common IANA strings
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- | Region | TZ string |
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- | ------------------- | --------------------------- |
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- | UTC | `UTC` |
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- | US Eastern | `America/New_York` |
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- | US Central | `America/Chicago` |
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- | US Mountain | `America/Denver` |
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- | US Pacific | `America/Los_Angeles` |
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- | UK / Ireland | `Europe/London` |
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- | Central Europe | `Europe/Berlin` |
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- | Eastern Europe | `Europe/Kyiv` |
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- | India | `Asia/Kolkata` |
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- | Japan | `Asia/Tokyo` |
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- | Australia (Sydney) | `Australia/Sydney` |
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- | Egypt | `Africa/Cairo` |
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- Full list: [IANA Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones).
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- ## Interaction with `at()`, `on()`, cron
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- The timezone applies to every interpretation of "now" and every constraint:
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- ```ts
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- job("monday-standup", task)
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- .weekly()
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- .on("monday")
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- .at("09:00")
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- .inTimezone("Europe/Berlin");
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- // "Monday in Berlin local time" + "09:00 Berlin local time"
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- // — automatically shifts CET ↔ CEST as DST changes.
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- job("nightly-cron", task)
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- .cron("0 3 * * *")
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- .inTimezone("Asia/Tokyo");
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- // "0 3 * * *" interpreted in Tokyo local time → 03:00 JST = 18:00 UTC.
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- ```
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- ## Validation
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- `.inTimezone()` stores the string as-is, then immediately recomputes `nextRun` — and that recompute calls dayjs with the zone. An invalid IANA string makes dayjs throw a `RangeError: Invalid time zone specified` **synchronously, at that point in the chain**:
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- ```ts
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- // Throws right here — the .inTimezone() call recomputes nextRun, which
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- // hits dayjs().tz("Asia/Whatever") and raises RangeError immediately.
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- const j = job("t", task).daily().at("09:00").inTimezone("Asia/Whatever");
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- ```
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- A valid zone computes `nextRun` on the spot (non-null after the chain). So a typo fails fast at definition time, not at the first tick — no special unit test needed to surface it.
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- ## Server-side caveats
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- Node ships full ICU on most platforms, so all IANA zones work out of the box. If you're running a small-ICU build (alpine without full ICU, or old Node versions with `--icu=small`), only a limited set of zones is recognized. Set the `NODE_ICU_DATA` env var or use the `full-icu` package in that case.
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- ## See also
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- - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md) — `at()`, `on()`, `daily()`, etc.
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- - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-with-cron/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-with-cron/SKILL.md) — cron schedules are timezone-aware too
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- - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/observe-scheduler/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/observe-scheduler/SKILL.md) — `job.nextRun.toISOString()` always renders in UTC; format with `.tz(zone)` to see local time
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+ name: pin-schedule-timezone
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+ description: 'Pin a job to a specific IANA timezone via `.inTimezone(zone)` so its wall-clock fire time stays correct regardless of server location / DST. Triggers: `.inTimezone`, `America/New_York`, `Europe/Berlin`, `Asia/Tokyo`, `NODE_ICU_DATA`; "schedule job in a timezone", "DST drift on non-UTC server", "multi-region fan-out scheduling", "fire at 9am ET regardless of server"; typical import `import { job, scheduler } from "@warlock.js/scheduler"`. Skip: fluent interval methods — `@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md`; cron syntax — `@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-with-cron/SKILL.md`; competing libs `dayjs-timezone`, `luxon`, `date-fns-tz`.'
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Per-job timezones
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+
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+ Every `Job` has its own timezone. The default is **UTC** — `.daily().at("09:00")` fires at 09:00 UTC, regardless of the server's locale or system timezone. Pin to wall-clock time with `.inTimezone(IANA string)`.
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+ ## Basic usage
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+ ```ts
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+ job("morning-digest", sendDailyDigest)
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+ .daily()
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+ .at("08:00")
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+ .inTimezone("America/New_York"); // 8 AM ET, not 8 AM UTC
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+ ```
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+
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+ `.inTimezone()` is chainable — typically placed after the time/day methods.
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+
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+ ## Why the default is UTC
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+
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+ A server runs wherever ops put it (Frankfurt, Virginia, GCP us-central1, …). System-local time is unpredictable; UTC is stable. The framework picks the stable default so that `daily().at("09:00")` without further config is reproducible across deployments. Pin to wall-clock time when business hours actually matter.
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+
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+ ## Multi-region fan-out
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+
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+ Same logical task, three regions:
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ import { scheduler, job } from "@warlock.js/scheduler";
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+
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+ const regions = [
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+ { name: "us-east", tz: "America/New_York" },
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+ { name: "eu-west", tz: "Europe/Berlin" },
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+ { name: "asia", tz: "Asia/Tokyo" },
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+ ];
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+
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+ for (const { name, tz } of regions) {
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+ scheduler.addJob(
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+ job(`morning-report-${name}`, () => sendReport(name))
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+ .daily()
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+ .at("09:00")
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+ .inTimezone(tz)
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+ );
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+ }
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+
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+ scheduler.start();
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+ ```
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+ Three separate `Job` instances, three separate `nextRun` calculations. Each fires once per day at its region's 09:00.
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+
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+ ## DST is automatic
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+
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+ dayjs handles transitions correctly. A daily 09:00 job in `America/New_York` shifts between 13:00 UTC (EST winter) and 14:00 UTC (EDT summer) without intervention. The same job in a fixed-offset region (`Asia/Tokyo`, `Africa/Algiers`) stays at a constant UTC offset.
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+ ## Common IANA strings
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+ | Region | TZ string |
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+ | ------------------- | --------------------------- |
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+ | UTC | `UTC` |
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+ | US Eastern | `America/New_York` |
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+ | US Central | `America/Chicago` |
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+ | US Mountain | `America/Denver` |
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+ | US Pacific | `America/Los_Angeles` |
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+ | UK / Ireland | `Europe/London` |
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+ | Central Europe | `Europe/Berlin` |
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+ | Eastern Europe | `Europe/Kyiv` |
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+ | India | `Asia/Kolkata` |
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+ | Japan | `Asia/Tokyo` |
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+ | Australia (Sydney) | `Australia/Sydney` |
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+ | Egypt | `Africa/Cairo` |
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+ Full list: [IANA Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones).
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+ ## Interaction with `at()`, `on()`, cron
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+ The timezone applies to every interpretation of "now" and every constraint:
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+ ```ts
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+ job("monday-standup", task)
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+ .weekly()
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+ .on("monday")
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+ .at("09:00")
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+ .inTimezone("Europe/Berlin");
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+ // "Monday in Berlin local time" + "09:00 Berlin local time"
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+ // — automatically shifts CET ↔ CEST as DST changes.
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+ job("nightly-cron", task)
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+ .cron("0 3 * * *")
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+ .inTimezone("Asia/Tokyo");
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+ // "0 3 * * *" interpreted in Tokyo local time → 03:00 JST = 18:00 UTC.
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Validation
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+
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+ `.inTimezone()` stores the string as-is, then immediately recomputes `nextRun` — and that recompute calls dayjs with the zone. An invalid IANA string makes dayjs throw a `RangeError: Invalid time zone specified` **synchronously, at that point in the chain**:
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+ ```ts
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+ // Throws right here — the .inTimezone() call recomputes nextRun, which
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+ // hits dayjs().tz("Asia/Whatever") and raises RangeError immediately.
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+ const j = job("t", task).daily().at("09:00").inTimezone("Asia/Whatever");
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+ ```
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+ A valid zone computes `nextRun` on the spot (non-null after the chain). So a typo fails fast at definition time, not at the first tick — no special unit test needed to surface it.
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+ ## Server-side caveats
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+ Node ships full ICU on most platforms, so all IANA zones work out of the box. If you're running a small-ICU build (alpine without full ICU, or old Node versions with `--icu=small`), only a limited set of zones is recognized. Set the `NODE_ICU_DATA` env var or use the `full-icu` package in that case.
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+ ## See also
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+
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+ - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-fluently/SKILL.md) — `at()`, `on()`, `daily()`, etc.
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+ - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-with-cron/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/schedule-with-cron/SKILL.md) — cron schedules are timezone-aware too
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+ - [`@warlock.js/scheduler/observe-scheduler/SKILL.md`](@warlock.js/scheduler/observe-scheduler/SKILL.md) — `job.nextRun.toISOString()` always renders in UTC; format with `.tz(zone)` to see local time