From c47fef80b360aeebb2c16c50c7208c6ff1664a32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khwezi Mngoma <khwezi@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 00:42:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Externalised email processor cron setting

---
 LiteCharmsScheduler/Workers/JobWorker.cs | 10 ++++++----
 LiteCharmsScheduler/appsettings.json     |  1 +
 litecharms-scheduler-uat.yml             |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/LiteCharmsScheduler/Workers/JobWorker.cs b/LiteCharmsScheduler/Workers/JobWorker.cs
index 88b2620..3b7532a 100644
--- a/LiteCharmsScheduler/Workers/JobWorker.cs
+++ b/LiteCharmsScheduler/Workers/JobWorker.cs
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ using LiteCharms.Features.Shop.Notifications.Events;
 
 namespace LiteCharmsScheduler.Workers
 {
-    public class JobWorker(IJobOrchestrator jobOrchestrator, ILogger<JobWorker> logger) : BackgroundService
+    public class JobWorker(IJobOrchestrator jobOrchestrator, ILogger<JobWorker> logger, IConfiguration configuration) : BackgroundService
     {
-        private const string emailProcessorCron = "0 */5 * * * ?";
-
         protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
         {
+            string? emailProcessorCron = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configuration.GetSection("EmailProcessorCron").Value)
+                ? configuration.GetSection("EmailProcessorCron").Value
+                : "0 */4 * * * ?";
+
             var emailProcessorJob = ProcessEmailNotificationsEvent.Create();
 
-            await jobOrchestrator.ScheduleAsync(emailProcessorJob, emailProcessorCron, stoppingToken);
+            await jobOrchestrator.ScheduleAsync(emailProcessorJob, emailProcessorCron!, stoppingToken);
 
             logger.LogInformation("Startup jobs scheduled");
         }
diff --git a/LiteCharmsScheduler/appsettings.json b/LiteCharmsScheduler/appsettings.json
index 350fcc2..ffa88a2 100644
--- a/LiteCharmsScheduler/appsettings.json
+++ b/LiteCharmsScheduler/appsettings.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "Host": "mail.litecharms.co.za",
     "UseSsl": true
   },
+  "EmailProcessorCron": "0 */5 * * * ?",
   "Monitoring": {
     "ApiKey": "",
     "Address": "http://aspire-dashboard-service.aspire.svc.cluster.local:18889",
diff --git a/litecharms-scheduler-uat.yml b/litecharms-scheduler-uat.yml
index a9406a2..6e8d87c 100644
--- a/litecharms-scheduler-uat.yml
+++ b/litecharms-scheduler-uat.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ data:
   Email__Host: "mail.litecharms.co.za"
   Email__Port: "465"
   Email__UseSsl: "true"
+  EmailProcessorCron: "0 */5 * * * ?"
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
           envFrom:
             - configMapRef:
                 name: scheduler-config
-          env:
+          env:            
             - name: Email__Credentials__Password
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef: