boxmaker/docs/plans/M5d2/04-loopd-cron.md

# M5d-2 task 04: five-field UTC cron matcher

**Branch:** `m5d2`. Check it: `git branch --show-current` prints `m5d2` and `git status --short`
is empty; otherwise stop. Never switch branch.
**Commit subject:** `loopd: five-field UTC cron matcher`
**Log row:** the Task cell is `M5d2/04-loopd-cron`.

## Goal

`loopd::cron::due(schedule, Timestamp) -> Result<bool, CronError>` (spec 4.2). Five fields:
minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week. Each field is `*`, a single number, `n-m`, or
`*/n`. Day-of-week `0` is Sunday. No cron crate. DOM and DOW are AND (README known limits).

Nothing loads job files yet.

## Every place that changes

| Place | What happens there |
|---|---|
| `crates/loopd/src/cron.rs` | new: `due`, `CronError` |
| `crates/loopd/src/lib.rs` | `pub mod cron;` |
| `crates/loopd/tests/cron.rs` | new, given |
| everything else | **no change** |

## Files

- Copy, from `docs/plans/M5d2/files/` (the same path under it): the new test
  `crates/loopd/tests/cron.rs`.
- Create: `crates/loopd/src/cron.rs` (skeleton below).
- Modify: `crates/loopd/src/lib.rs`, `docs/implementer-log.md`.
- Do not touch: any other file.

## Facts you need

- **Civil fields from RFC 3339.** `Timestamp::to_rfc3339` is `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.mmmZ`.
  Minute = `rfc[14..16]`, hour = `rfc[11..13]`, day = `rfc[8..10]`, month = `rfc[5..7]`,
  parsed as `u32`. If a slice is missing, `CronError::Fields` naming the schedule.
- **Weekday.** `0` is Sunday. `(unix_millis() / 1000 / 86400 + 4) % 7` as `u32` (`1970-01-01`
  was Thursday, so `+ 4`). `unix_millis` is `pub` on `Timestamp`.
- **Ranges.** Inclusive. `*/n` matches when `value % n == 0` (multiples from 0). `n == 0` in
  a step is `Fields`.
- **Bounds.** Minute 0–59, hour 0–23, DOM 1–31, month 1–12, DOW 0–6. A number outside its
  field's range is `Fields`. Four or six fields, `@daily`, and any other token are `Fields`.
- **`Display`.** Names the schedule, e.g. contains `x x x x x` when that was the input. Do not
  add a runbook pointer; this error is used by job loading in task 05.
- **Split.** `split_whitespace`. Five pieces or `Fields`.
- rustfmt decides `mod` order in `lib.rs`. After `pub mod compact;` alphabetically `cron`
  comes after `config` and before `http`. Insert where rustfmt will put it; run `cargo fmt`
  before the gate.
- The items the edits use. This table is complete.

  | Item | What it does |
  |---|---|
  | `Timestamp::to_rfc3339` | civil fields |
  | `Timestamp::unix_millis` | weekday |
  | `str::parse::<u32>` | numbers |

## Skeleton

`crates/loopd/src/cron.rs`:

```rust
//! Five-field UTC crontab matcher (M5d spec, section 4.2). No cron crate.

use bxcore::Timestamp;

#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum CronError {
    Fields(String),
}

impl std::fmt::Display for CronError {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        match self {
            CronError::Fields(schedule) => {
                write!(f, "cron schedule {schedule:?} is not five UTC fields")
            }
        }
    }
}

impl std::error::Error for CronError {}

/// Whether `schedule` matches `now` in UTC.
pub fn due(schedule: &str, now: Timestamp) -> Result<bool, CronError> {
    let fields: Vec<&str> = schedule.split_whitespace().collect();
    if fields.len() != 5 {
        return Err(CronError::Fields(schedule.to_string()));
    }
    let rfc = now.to_rfc3339();
    let minute = number(&rfc, 14, 16, schedule)?;
    let hour = number(&rfc, 11, 13, schedule)?;
    let day = number(&rfc, 8, 10, schedule)?;
    let month = number(&rfc, 5, 7, schedule)?;
    let dow = {
        let days = now.unix_millis() / 1000 / 86_400;
        ((days + 4) % 7) as u32
    };
    Ok(match_field(fields[0], minute, 0, 59, schedule)?
        && match_field(fields[1], hour, 0, 23, schedule)?
        && match_field(fields[2], day, 1, 31, schedule)?
        && match_field(fields[3], month, 1, 12, schedule)?
        && match_field(fields[4], dow, 0, 6, schedule)?)
}

fn number(rfc: &str, start: usize, end: usize, schedule: &str) -> Result<u32, CronError> {
    let piece = rfc
        .get(start..end)
        .ok_or_else(|| CronError::Fields(schedule.to_string()))?;
    piece
        .parse()
        .map_err(|_| CronError::Fields(schedule.to_string()))
}

fn match_field(
    field: &str,
    value: u32,
    min: u32,
    max: u32,
    schedule: &str,
) -> Result<bool, CronError> {
    let err = || CronError::Fields(schedule.to_string());
    if field == "*" {
        return Ok(true);
    }
    if let Some(step) = field.strip_prefix("*/") {
        let n: u32 = step.parse().map_err(|_| err())?;
        if n == 0 {
            return Err(err());
        }
        return Ok(value.is_multiple_of(n));
    }
    if let Some((a, b)) = field.split_once('-') {
        let lo: u32 = a.parse().map_err(|_| err())?;
        let hi: u32 = b.parse().map_err(|_| err())?;
        if lo < min || hi > max || lo > hi {
            return Err(err());
        }
        return Ok(value >= lo && value <= hi);
    }
    let n: u32 = field.parse().map_err(|_| err())?;
    if n < min || n > max {
        return Err(err());
    }
    Ok(n == value)
}
```

`u32::is_multiple_of` is stable in 1.98. Do not use `%` with a comment that `n` was checked;
the skeleton already returns `Fields` for `n == 0`.

If `is_multiple_of` is not in scope on `u32` in this toolchain, use `value % n == 0` after the
`n == 0` check, and stop only if both fail to compile.

## Steps

- [ ] **1. Copy the given test.**

  ```sh
  cp docs/plans/M5d2/files/crates/loopd/tests/cron.rs crates/loopd/tests/
  ```

- [ ] **2. See it fail.** `cargo build --tests --keep-going -p loopd`, timeout 600000 ms: test
  target `cron` does not compile (`E0432` unresolved import `loopd::cron`). Every other
  target compiles.
- [ ] **3. The module.** Write `cron.rs` from the skeleton. Add `pub mod cron;` to `lib.rs`
  where rustfmt will put it. `cargo check -p loopd` prints no error and no warning.
- [ ] **4. The tests.** `cargo test -p loopd --test cron`: every test passes, 10 tests.
- [ ] **5. Check.** `git diff --stat` lists `crates/loopd/src/cron.rs` and
  `crates/loopd/src/lib.rs`.
- [ ] **6. Run the gate.** `cargo fmt --all`, then `make gate`, timeout 600000 ms. Last line
  `gate: ok`. Test count **1535** (1525 before, plus 10).
- [ ] **7. Log and commit.** Task cell `M5d2/04-loopd-cron`. Stage with
  `git add crates/loopd docs/implementer-log.md Cargo.lock`, then commit as `AGENTS.md` says.

## Done when

- `make gate` prints `gate: ok` with 1535 tests.
- `git diff HEAD~1 --stat` lists only `crates/loopd/src/cron.rs`, `crates/loopd/src/lib.rs`,
  `crates/loopd/tests/cron.rs` and the log.

## Stop and report if

- The branch check fails; step 2 differs; `cargo check` warns; a test fails; the gate count is
  not 1535; you add a dependency; you treat DOM and DOW as OR; you accept `@daily` or a sixth
  field; `cron.rs` exceeds 500 lines.

## What the given tests pin

`0 7 * * *` matches that minute only; `* * * * *` matches; `*/5` is multiples from 0; `0-10`
is inclusive; Sunday is 0 on 2026-10-04; the 1st of the month; four or six fields error;
minute 60, hour 24, DOW 7 error; `@daily` errors; `Display` names the schedule.