> On Nov 2, 2026, at 9:10 AM, Jamie Landeg-Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> IMO, it would be useful to have a way of saying e.g. "run once an hour >> but I don't care when within the hour". > > I assume that the time within the hour would be the same each hour? If so, > that would be useful. > > But would than initial state random number be stored somewhere, or reset > each time cron starts?
<2 cents> (deflated) It would probably be better if the state was tracked at the system level instead of in the application itself. As a bonus, employing jitter might improve overall system-level entropy, depending on how jobs are run and when, which could help cryptography some. </2 cents> Thanks, -Enji
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