Randomize when scheduled scan starts
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I wanted to recommend that you randomize the setting where the user is asked how often to scan. Mainly, we want to randomize the time
For hourly, we may want to +/-20 minutes
For daily, we may want to -/+60 min from the requested time.
For weekly, maybe +/- 180 minutes
Best to use seconds delimiter so that you can get a more precise random value down to the second.
If I choose to request a scan daily, you don’t want everyone using the plugin to scan at exactly 02:00. Some people will scan at 01:20, some people will scan at 02:16, etc
And you could even make visible the min and max randomizer values so that users can edit them.
The user picking a more convenient time alone is insufficient. You must add this randomizer to make the scan time less exact. And the user can just use a really low value of 0 or 1 if they want the precise time run. So original functionality is not lost.
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