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chore: avoid daily restart timer catch-up #62

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -334,8 +334,10 @@ systemctl status ibkr-gateway-daily-restart.timer --no-pager
then restarts and finally recreates the container if the API does not recover.

`ibkr-gateway-daily-restart.timer` restarts the Gateway once per day at
`10:30 UTC` by default, then waits for the same API handshake readiness. Override
the schedule during install with:
`10:30 UTC` by default, then waits for the same API handshake readiness. Missed
daily restart times are not replayed when the timer is started manually, so
re-enabling the timer during a maintenance window does not immediately restart
an already-authenticated Gateway. Override the schedule during install with:

```bash
IB_GATEWAY_DAILY_RESTART_ON_CALENDAR='Mon..Fri 10:30:00 UTC' sudo bash ./scripts/install_gateway_health_watcher.sh
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion scripts/install_gateway_health_watcher.sh
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Expand Up @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Description=Restart IBKR Gateway on a fixed daily schedule

[Timer]
OnCalendar=$daily_restart_calendar
Persistent=true
Persistent=false
Unit=$IBKR_GATEWAY_DAILY_RESTART_SERVICE

[Install]
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions tests/test_gateway_recovery_scripts.sh
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Expand Up @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ grep -Fq 'Environment=COMPOSE_FILE=$compose_file' "$health_watcher_script"
grep -Fq 'Environment=IB_GATEWAY_RECOVERY_LOCK_FILE=$recovery_lock_file' "$health_watcher_script"
grep -Fq 'Environment=IB_GATEWAY_RECOVERY_LOCK_WAIT_SECONDS=0' "$health_watcher_script"
grep -Fq 'OnActiveSec=$health_interval_seconds' "$health_watcher_script"
grep -Fq 'Persistent=false' "$health_watcher_script"
! grep -Fq 'OnBootSec=5min' "$health_watcher_script"
grep -Fq 'enable --now "$IBKR_GATEWAY_HEALTHCHECK_TIMER"' "$health_watcher_script"
grep -Fq 'enable --now "$IBKR_GATEWAY_DAILY_RESTART_TIMER"' "$health_watcher_script"
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