#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Scheduler loop for the news summarizer — hourly summarize at minute :05. Replaces the k8s CronJob (`5 * * * *`) with an in-compose loop. Runs once on boot (catches up on any articles scraped since the last summary), then fires at each :NEWS_SUMMARIZE_MINUTE wall-clock boundary. The loop is serial, so a slow LLM pass never overlaps the next run. Env (all optional, 12-factor): NEWS_SUMMARIZE_MINUTE minute of the hour to fire (default 5) NEWS_SUMMARIZE_RUN_ON_START "1" to summarize once immediately on boot (default 1) GEMINI_API_KEY required to do real work; unset = idle """ from __future__ import annotations import datetime import logging import os import subprocess import sys import time logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s") logger = logging.getLogger("news.summarizer.scheduler") MINUTE = int(os.getenv("NEWS_SUMMARIZE_MINUTE", "5")) RUN_ON_START = os.getenv("NEWS_SUMMARIZE_RUN_ON_START", "1").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes") def seconds_until_next(minute: int) -> float: """Seconds until the next occurrence of ``minute`` past the hour (local time).""" now = datetime.datetime.now() nxt = now.replace(minute=minute, second=0, microsecond=0) + datetime.timedelta(hours=1) return (nxt - now).total_seconds() def run_summarize() -> None: logger.info("summarize starting at %s", datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(timespec="seconds")) try: proc = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "summarizer.py"], cwd="/app") logger.info("summarize finished rc=%s", proc.returncode) except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — keep the loop alive across failures logger.exception("summarize failed") def main() -> None: if not os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY", "").strip(): logger.warning( "GEMINI_API_KEY not set — summarizer will idle (set it in .env and " "recreate the service to enable)" ) logger.info( "news summarizer loop starting (minute=%s, run_on_start=%s)", MINUTE, RUN_ON_START, ) if RUN_ON_START: run_summarize() while True: delay = seconds_until_next(MINUTE) logger.info("next summarize at :%02d (in %.0fs)", MINUTE, delay) time.sleep(delay) run_summarize() if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())