stagger times (#11159)

BillWagner · web-flow · commit 67ccaec537d9 · 2025-04-01T20:28:17.000Z
Stagger the cron job times based on [this table](https://github.com/dotnet/docs-tools/tree/main/actions/sequester#staggering-times). Also, prevent the "nightly" run on the one night per month that the "full lookback" runs. These changes minimize the chances of rate limit errors.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quest-bulk.yml b/.github/workflows/quest-bulk.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: "bulk quest import"
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 10 * * *' # UTC time, that's 5:00 am EST, 2:00 am PST.
-    - cron: '0 9 6 * *'  # This is the morning of the 6th.
+    - cron: '30 10 1-5,7-31 * *' # UTC time, that's 5:30 am EST, 2:30 am PST.
+    - cron: '30 10 6 * *'  # This is the morning of the 6th.
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       reason:
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ jobs:
           org: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           repo: ${{ github.repository }}
           issue: '-1'
-          duration: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.duration || github.event.schedule == '0 9 6 * *' && -1 || 5 }}
+          duration: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.duration || github.event.schedule == '30 10 6 * *' && -1 || 5 }}
