adolf/qa/scenarios/scheduling/cron-natural-fire-no-duplicate.yaml

title: Cron natural fire no duplicate

scenario:
  id: cron-natural-fire-no-duplicate
  surface: cron
  coverage:
    primary:
      - scheduling.cron
    secondary:
      - channels.qa-channel
      - scheduling.dedup
  objective: Verify one naturally fired cron run in a single gateway uptime produces exactly one qa-channel delivery for its marker.
  successCriteria:
    - A one-shot cron job fires from the scheduler timer without cron.run force mode.
    - The qa-channel receives exactly one outbound reply containing the run marker.
    - No second outbound reply with the same marker appears during the duplicate window.
  docsRefs:
    - docs/help/testing.md
    - docs/channels/qa-channel.md
  codeRefs:
    - src/cron/service.ts
    - src/cron/service/timer.ts
    - src/cron/run-log.ts
    - extensions/qa-lab/src/cron-run-wait.ts
    - extensions/qa-lab/src/suite-runtime-transport.ts
  execution:
    kind: flow
    summary: Let one cron job fire from the natural scheduler timer and assert qa-channel does not receive a duplicate delivery for the same marker.
    config:
      requiredChannelDriver: qa-channel
      channelId: qa-room
      channelTitle: QA Room
      fireDelayMs: 12000
      duplicateWindowMs: 8000
      reminderPromptTemplate: "A natural QA cron dedupe check fired. Send a one-line ping back to the room containing this exact marker: {{marker}}"

flow:
  steps:
    - name: creates a near-future cron job and waits for the scheduler timer
      actions:
        - call: reset
        - set: runStartedAt
          value:
            expr: "Date.now()"
        - set: scheduledFor
          value:
            expr: "new Date(runStartedAt + config.fireDelayMs).toISOString()"
        - set: cronMarker
          value:
            expr: "`QA-CRON-NATURAL-DEDUPE-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`"
        - call: env.gateway.call
          saveAs: response
          args:
            - cron.add
            - name:
                expr: "`qa-natural-dedupe-${randomUUID()}`"
              enabled: true
              schedule:
                kind: at
                at:
                  ref: scheduledFor
              sessionTarget: isolated
              wakeMode: now
              payload:
                kind: agentTurn
                timeoutSeconds: 90
                message:
                  expr: "config.reminderPromptTemplate.replace('{{marker}}', cronMarker)"
              delivery:
                mode: announce
                channel: qa-channel
                to:
                  expr: "`channel:${config.channelId}`"
            - timeoutMs: 30000
        - set: jobId
          value:
            expr: response.id
        - assert:
            expr: "Boolean(jobId)"
            message: missing cron job id
        - set: scheduledAtMs
          value:
            expr: "new Date(response.schedule?.at ?? scheduledFor).getTime()"
        - set: scheduleDeltaMs
          value:
            expr: "scheduledAtMs - runStartedAt"
        - assert:
            expr: "scheduleDeltaMs >= config.fireDelayMs - 2000 && scheduleDeltaMs <= config.fireDelayMs + 5000"
            message:
              expr: "`expected near-future natural fire, got ${scheduleDeltaMs}ms`"
        - call: waitForCronRunCompletion
          saveAs: completedRun
          args:
            - callGateway:
                expr: "env.gateway.call.bind(env.gateway)"
              jobId:
                ref: jobId
              afterTs:
                ref: runStartedAt
              timeoutMs:
                expr: "liveTurnTimeoutMs(env, Math.max(60000, config.fireDelayMs + 45000))"
        - assert:
            expr: "Date.now() >= scheduledAtMs"
            message:
              expr: "`cron completed before scheduled time ${scheduledFor}`"
        - assert:
            expr: "completedRun?.status === 'ok'"
            message:
              expr: "`expected natural cron run ok, got ${JSON.stringify(completedRun)}`"
      detailsExpr: "`job=${jobId} marker=${cronMarker} scheduled=${scheduledFor}`"

    - name: observes exactly one qa-channel delivery for the natural run
      actions:
        - call: waitForOutboundMessage
          saveAs: firstOutbound
          args:
            - ref: state
            - lambda:
                params: [candidate]
                expr: "candidate.conversation.id === config.channelId && candidate.text.includes(cronMarker)"
            - expr: liveTurnTimeoutMs(env, 45000)
        - set: firstOutboundId
          value:
            expr: firstOutbound.id
        - set: firstOutboundIndex
          value:
            expr: "getTransportSnapshot().messages.findIndex((message) => message.id === firstOutboundId)"
        - assert:
            expr: "firstOutboundIndex >= 0"
            message: first outbound message missing from qa-channel snapshot
        - call: sleep
          args:
            - expr: config.duplicateWindowMs
        - set: duplicateMatches
          value:
            expr: "getTransportSnapshot().messages.filter((message) => message.direction === 'outbound' && message.conversation.id === config.channelId && message.text.includes(cronMarker))"
        - assert:
            expr: "duplicateMatches.length === 1"
            message:
              expr: "`expected one natural outbound delivery for ${cronMarker}, saw ${duplicateMatches.length}: ${duplicateMatches.map((message) => message.text).join(' | ')}`"
        - call: env.gateway.call
          saveAs: runsPage
          args:
            - cron.runs
            - id:
                ref: jobId
              limit: 10
              sortDir: desc
            - timeoutMs: 30000
        - set: completedRuns
          value:
            expr: "runsPage.entries.filter((entry) => entry.ts >= runStartedAt && ['ok', 'error', 'skipped'].includes(entry.status))"
        - assert:
            expr: "completedRuns.length === 1"
            message:
              expr: "`expected one completed natural cron run for ${jobId}, saw ${completedRuns.length}: ${JSON.stringify(completedRuns)}`"
      detailsExpr: "`first outbound=${firstOutboundId}; duplicate window=${config.duplicateWindowMs}ms`"