Find out what a scheduled job does

Explains what a scheduled job does and what happens when it fails.

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  1. Anna

    @devboxes what does the nightly ledger job at 02:00 actually do, and what if it fails?

  2. devboxes APP

    Three things: it marks invoices overdue once the due date passes, queues the day's reminders and closes the previous day's payouts. If it fails, it runs again the next night, so reminders go out a day late.

What devboxes does

  1. Find the job and its schedule

    • devboxes finds the job's schedule and code, with references to the files.
  2. Read what it does

    • Each step of the job is listed, with what it reads and what it changes.
  3. Work out what happens when it fails

    • You also learn how the job fails, retries, alerts and runs again.
  4. Explain it

    • Its reply tells you what the job does and what happens when it fails.

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