#22764: docs: comprehensive cron system study for portability reference
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Cron Enhancements and Fixes
Complete analysis of OpenClaw's cron scheduling system including:
- Full architecture diagram and dependency map
- All TypeScript types with annotations in Portuguese
- Persistence layer (atomic JSON save/load)
- Schedule computation (at/every/cron with timezone)
- Timer loop mechanics, backoff, concurrency
- Dependency injection pattern (CronServiceDeps)
- Step-by-step portability guide with code examples
- File-by-file classification (keep vs discard)
https://claude.ai/code/session_016k8HKF3rSVgtqCx2xGur38
## Summary
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## Change Type (select all)
- [ ] Bug fix
- [ ] Feature
- [ ] Refactor
- [ ] Docs
- [ ] Security hardening
- [ ] Chore/infra
## Scope (select all touched areas)
- [ ] Gateway / orchestration
- [ ] Skills / tool execution
- [ ] Auth / tokens
- [ ] Memory / storage
- [ ] Integrations
- [ ] API / contracts
- [ ] UI / DX
- [ ] CI/CD / infra
## Linked Issue/PR
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## User-visible / Behavior Changes
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## Security Impact (required)
- New permissions/capabilities? (`Yes/No`)
- Secrets/tokens handling changed? (`Yes/No`)
- New/changed network calls? (`Yes/No`)
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- Data access scope changed? (`Yes/No`)
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## Repro + Verification
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## Compatibility / Migration
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- Migration needed? (`Yes/No`)
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## Failure Recovery (if this breaks)
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<h3>Greptile Summary</h3>
This PR adds comprehensive Portuguese-language documentation of OpenClaw's cron scheduling system to serve as a reference for porting the cron functionality to other projects.
The 1,214-line study document (`CRON_SYSTEM_STUDY.md`) provides:
- Complete architecture diagrams showing the dependency injection pattern
- Detailed type definitions with Portuguese annotations
- Persistence layer documentation (atomic JSON operations)
- Schedule computation logic (at/every/cron with timezone support)
- Timer loop mechanics, error backoff, and concurrency control
- Step-by-step portability guide with code examples
- File-by-file classification identifying which files are reusable vs OpenClaw-specific
The documentation accurately reflects the actual codebase structure, correctly identifying the core portable modules (types.ts, schedule.ts, store.ts, timer.ts, etc.) and OpenClaw-specific components (session-reaper.ts, isolated-agent/, CLI tools). The technical details match the actual implementation, including the Promise-chain locking mechanism in `locked.ts` and the type definitions in `types.ts`.
This is documentation-only with no code changes or behavioral impact.
<h3>Confidence Score: 5/5</h3>
- Safe to merge - documentation-only change with no code modifications
- This PR adds only documentation and makes no changes to any executable code, configuration, or dependencies. The documentation accurately reflects the codebase structure based on verification of referenced files. No user-facing behavior, security surface, or runtime functionality is affected.
- No files require special attention
<sub>Last reviewed commit: 465b830</sub>
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