news-digest: per-instance cron schedule via env

Hardcoded crontab → render at container start from
DIGEST_CRON_AM + DIGEST_CRON_PM. Defaults match the original
0800 / 2000 so existing deploys are no-ops.

scripts/add-digest-user.sh learns --am and --pm flags so each
teammate's stack can fire on their hours:

  scripts/add-digest-user.sh bob --am "0 6 * * *" --pm "0 17 * * *"
  scripts/add-digest-user.sh carol --pm "30 18 * * 1-5"   # weekdays only

Standard 5-field cron syntax; busybox crond honors the container's
\$TZ. Removed the now-unused stacks/news-digest/crontab file and
the matching COPY in the Dockerfile.
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2026-04-28 14:29:55 -07:00
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@@ -29,8 +29,21 @@ if [ ! -f /output/index.html ]; then
echo "[entrypoint] first run failed; cron will retry on schedule"
fi
# Tee crontab into the place busybox expects (already done in image
# via COPY) and run crond in foreground. -L /dev/stdout sends cron
# stdout/stderr to docker logs.
echo "[entrypoint] starting crond (fires per /etc/crontabs/root)"
# Render the crontab from env so each per-user instance can fire on
# its own schedule. Defaults match the original singleton (0800 / 2000
# local). Two separate vars (AM / PM) instead of one combined string
# so users can tweak one fire without re-deriving the other.
CRON_AM="${DIGEST_CRON_AM:-0 8 * * *}"
CRON_PM="${DIGEST_CRON_PM:-0 20 * * *}"
mkdir -p /etc/crontabs
{
echo "# news-digest cron — generated at container start from env."
echo "$CRON_AM /usr/local/bin/run-digest.sh"
echo "$CRON_PM /usr/local/bin/run-digest.sh"
} > /etc/crontabs/root
echo "[entrypoint] crontab:"
sed 's/^/ /' /etc/crontabs/root
# Foreground crond. -L /dev/stdout sends cron stdout/stderr to docker logs.
echo "[entrypoint] starting crond"
exec crond -f -L /dev/stdout -l 8