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@TerranceKhumalo-absa TerranceKhumalo-absa commented Sep 23, 2025

Add Comprehensive Cron Validation and Cypress Testing

📋 Summary

This PR introduces significant improvements to the CPS Scheduler component including comprehensive cron validation, extensive Cypress end-to-end testing, and enhanced documentation. The changes focus on creating a robust, generic cron validation system that works across multiple platforms while maintaining strict type safety.

Resolves #441

🎯 Key Changes

✅ Enhanced Cron Validation Service

  • Generic 6-field cron validation - Removed platform-specific restrictions to support various cron implementations
  • Extended pattern support - Added validation for ranges, steps, lists, and special characters (L, W, #)
  • Comprehensive syntax validation - Validates field ranges, mutual exclusivity rules, and complex patterns
  • Type-safe implementation - Strict TypeScript validation with proper error handling

🧪 Comprehensive Cypress Testing

  • End-to-end test coverage for all scheduler functionality
  • Core functionality tests - Component initialization and basic interactions
  • Cron generation validation - Tests for Minutes, Weekly, Monthly, and Advanced schedule types
  • State management verification - Ensures proper state transitions between schedule types
  • Timezone functionality testing - Autocomplete filtering and input validation
  • Error handling scenarios - Rapid type switching and invalid input handling

Examples of Validated Patterns

'0 9 ? * MON-WED,FRI *'   // Monday through Wednesday and Friday
'*/15 * * * ? *'          // Every 15 minutes
'0 9-17/2 * * ? *'        // Every 2 hours from 9am to 5pm
'0 9 ? * MON#1 *'         // First Monday of month
'0 9 15W * ? *'           // Weekday nearest to 15th

Release Notes:

  • Generic Cron Validation: Comprehensive 6-field cron expression validation supporting ranges, steps, lists, and special characters (L, W, #)
  • Cypress E2E Testing: Complete test coverage for all scheduler functionality including state management, timezone handling, and complex cron patterns

…ler cron expressions

- Implemented CronValidationService with methods to validate 6-field cron expressions.
- Added support for wildcards, ranges, steps, lists, and special characters (L, W, #).
- Created comprehensive unit tests for various cron expression patterns and edge cases.
@TerranceKhumalo-absa TerranceKhumalo-absa self-assigned this Sep 23, 2025
@TerranceKhumalo-absa TerranceKhumalo-absa added the bug Something isn't working label Sep 23, 2025
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Good job, I appreciate the thorough test coverage! Please take a look at the day-of-week field validation I mentioned in the comment.

@TerranceKhumalo-absa TerranceKhumalo-absa merged commit 763ccbb into master Sep 29, 2025
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@TerranceKhumalo-absa TerranceKhumalo-absa deleted the fix/441-cron-scheduler-improve branch September 29, 2025 11:23
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Improve schedule cron expression
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