Cron job parsing resilience for malformed entries

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These issues and fixes address cases where invalid or malformed entries in jobs.json—such as non-object items or bad repeat counters—cause all cron jobs to stop firing. The changes aim to make the cron system skip or normalize bad data rather than halting entirely.

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#124034 fix(cron): keep firing when jobs.json has junk entries or a null repeat counter (salvage #123285)

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files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], cron/jobs.py, tests/cron/test_jobs.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md, website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/cron.md
#124111 fix(cron): an Infinity or negative repeat.completed no longer breaks load_jobs

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files: cron/jobs.py, tests/cron/test_jobs.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md, website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/cron.md

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#123285 fix(cron): skip non-object entries in jobs.json instead of halting every tick · done elsewhere → 06a495c, f077152, #124034, #124111
#123405 fix(cron): normalize malformed jobs at the store boundary · done elsewhere → 06a495c, f077152, #124034, #124111

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Closed#123281[Bug]: a single non-object entry in cron/jobs.json stops every cron job from firing

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Merged PRs: #124034, #124111
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 26 Sep 2026

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