I have a basic appengine project with multiple modules and a dispatch.yaml:
I'm trying to configure a single hourly cronjob with the following definition:
cron:
- description: hourly box purging
url: /api/boxes.purge
schedule: every 1 hours
target: default
I've tried adding it to the module it concerns, so put the above definition in file: 'my-project/boxes/cron.yaml' and running appcfg.py cron_info boxes/. My terminal seems to indicate all went well:
hourly box purging:
URL: /api/boxes.purge
Schedule: every 1 hours (UTC)
2015-04-30 10:08:00Z, 0:59:55 from now
2015-04-30 11:08:00Z, 1:59:55 from now
2015-04-30 12:08:00Z, 2:59:55 from now
2015-04-30 13:08:00Z, 3:59:55 from now
2015-04-30 14:08:00Z, 4:59:55 from now
Ye the Appengine Developer console fails to reflect this and cron jobs are not run. It does show on the local development panel.
Putting the definition in the root of the projects (besides dispatch.yaml) yields the same results. Other things i've tried (in vain): Redeploying all code, appcfg.py update_dispatch, waiting a while before refreshing the developer console.
Hopefull someone is able to help me find the obvious mistake, or confirm that their is some bug.
In the Configuration section of the doc it's stated:
Optional application-level configuration files (dispatch.yaml, cron.yaml, index.yaml, and queue.yaml) are included in the top level app directory.
I agree, the paragraph context appears to leave room for interpretation (typically...). But the quoted text also indicates that these files are considered app-level configs. So I'd keep them at the top.
About the update: I noticed, for example, that the index.yaml file was NOT uploaded with the rest of the multi-module app at my first deployment, I had to explicitly use appcfg.py update_indexes. This was not happening with a single module app. Maybe appcfg.py update_cron also needs to be explicit?