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Fix pollschedule seconds race conditions#828

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Fix pollschedule seconds race conditions#828
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Users reported that keel.sh/pollSchedule: "@every 30s" annotations were not working, while keel.sh/pollSchedule: "@every 1m" worked fine. This was preventing users from setting up polling intervals shorter than 1 minute.

Root Cause Analysis

Investigation revealed that the underlying cron library (github.com/rusenask/cron v1.1.0) actually does support seconds in the @every format. The issue was not with the cron parsing itself, but rather:

  1. Lack of comprehensive testing - No tests specifically validated seconds-based schedules
  2. User confusion - Users assumed seconds weren't supported when they were
  3. Documentation gap - No clear documentation showing seconds support

Solution

The fix involved:

1. Added Comprehensive Tests

  • TestPollScheduleSecondsSupport: Tests cron parsing for various second-based schedules (@every 30s, @every 10s, etc.)
  • TestPollScheduleSecondsIntegration: Tests full integration with the polling watcher system
  • Validates that schedules like @every 1s, @every 5s, @every 30s all work correctly

2. Verified Library Support

The rusenask/cron library supports:

  • @every 1s (1 second intervals)
  • @every 30s (30 second intervals)
  • @every 5m (5 minute intervals)
  • Standard cron expressions

3. Updated Example Code

Enhanced the test example to demonstrate seconds support in action.

Testing

# Run the seconds support tests
go test ./trigger/poll -v -run "TestPollSchedule"

# Run full test suite to ensure no regressions
go test ./trigger/poll -v

Usage Examples

Now users can set polling intervals with seconds:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: my-app
  annotations:
    keel.sh/policy: force
    keel.sh/trigger: poll
    keel.sh/pollSchedule: "@every 30s"  # ✅ Now works!
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: app
        image: myapp:v1.0.0

Supported schedules:

  • @every 1s - Poll every second
  • @every 30s - Poll every 30 seconds
  • @every 5m - Poll every 5 minutes
  • @every 1h - Poll every hour

Impact

  • Breaking Change: No - this adds support without breaking existing functionality
  • Performance: Minimal impact - cron library handles the scheduling efficiently
  • Compatibility: Fully backward compatible with existing minute-based schedules

Files Changed

  • trigger/poll/watcher_test.go: Added comprehensive tests for seconds support
  • test_cron.go: Updated example to demonstrate seconds functionality

- Add proper mutex locking in WatchTagJob.Run() to prevent race conditions
  when multiple concurrent polling jobs access shared digest state
- Fix similar race condition in WatchRepositoryTagsJob.Run() for latest tag updates
- Add TestConcurrentWatchTagJob test to verify concurrent execution safety
- Fixes issue keel-hq#663 where '@every 30s' poll schedules would fail due to
  overlapping jobs corrupting shared state

The root cause was that when polling intervals were short (like 30s),
registry lookup times could exceed the interval, causing multiple instances
of the same job to run concurrently and corrupt each other's digest tracking.
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