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One-shot cron job stuck or lost edge cases

Cluster 73973 · cron. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #74134 on 29 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #74134. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and fixes address scenarios where one-shot cron jobs can become permanently stuck or silently lost, particularly around claim_dispatch timing, scheduler restarts, unconfirmed dispatches, and unhandled exceptions.

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Fixes on record

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  • #74134 fix(cron): record failure for BaseException escapes; diagnostic on wedged one-shot removal

    merged to main

    files: cron/jobs.py, cron/scheduler.py, tests/cron/test_jobs.py, tests/cron/test_run_one_job.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

  • #74098 fix(cron): retire unconfirmed one-shot dispatches instead of deleting them · done elsewhere → cff9728, #73973
  • #74110 fix(cron): one-shot jobs stuck when scheduler restarts between claim_dispatch and execution (#73973) · done elsewhere → cff9728, #73973, #74134
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#73973One-shot cron jobs can get permanently stuck when claim_dispatch() increments completed before execution completes
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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cron
Merged PRs
#74134
Closed issues
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Attempts
2 PRs closed without merging
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29 Jul 2026

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