Cron Triggers and Worker Queues: Reliable Long-Running Report Generation
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Short answer: use the cron job trigger only to publish a small, idempotent run message, then let worker-based queue consumers generate and deliver the report. It is the right approach for long-running property reports because a cron execution is capped at 900 seconds. A daily property report has two different jobs: decide when work starts, then keep working after the scheduler returns. Put the first job in cron and the second in a durable queue. The handoff is the design decision. Shape Good fit Main boundary Cron calls a worker directly Small, bounded reports The trigger owns the work and can
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