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Quixa includes a production-grade, SQL Server-backed Hangfire Execution Scheduler that automatically executes workflows, regression suites, and contract drift checks on recurring schedules.

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1. Setting Up a Schedule

  1. Open any saved Flow or Suite on the canvas.
  2. In the header toolbar, click the Schedule icon (⏰).
  3. Configure the trigger:
    • Schedule Frequency: Choose standard presets (Every 15 minutes, Hourly, Daily at Midnight, Weekly) or specify a custom 5-field Cron Expression (e.g. 0 2 * * * for 2:00 AM daily).
    • Target Environment: Select which environment configuration (Staging, Prod, Sandbox) should be injected at runtime.
    • Enabled Toggle: Activate or pause the schedule without deleting the configuration.

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2. 3-Tier Enterprise Scheduling Architecture

Quixa provides unified cron scheduling across three critical operational tiers:

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Tier 1: SpecTrum Contract Drift Scans

  • Automatically polls upstream microservice OpenAPI definitions on recurring intervals (e.g. 0 7 * * * for daily 07:00 UTC).
  • Detects breaking schema changes, missing endpoints, and payload mutations before squads begin work.

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Tier 2: Single Flow Execution (On-Demand DataGen)

  • Periodically seeds test databases with fresh synthetic entities.
  • Runs lightweight health probes and synthetic uptime heartbeats every 15 minutes (*/15 * * * *).

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Tier 3: Multi-Flow Regression Suites (Quixa Runner)

  • Triggers comprehensive end-to-end regression suites nightly (e.g. 0 2 * * *).
  • Executes multi-domain dependency graphs, verifies latency SLAs, and publishes JUnit reports to CI/CD dashboards.

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3. Reliability, Worker Pools & Live Log Monitoring

  • Durable Queue Workers: Backed by SQL Server persistence, scheduled tasks survive server restarts and scale seamlessly across distributed worker pods.
  • Live Web Dashboard: Inspect queue depths, active worker threads, and chronological execution traces directly from the Hangfire dashboard without needing SSH server access.
  • Audit Trail: Every scheduled run records a complete FlowExecution record with TriggerType: "scheduled" for audit compliance.
  • Automated Failure Webhooks: Dispatches incident payloads to Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or custom webhooks when scheduled runs fail.