Standardized time execution in automation pipeline

📅 2025-06-21 — Session: Standardized time execution in automation pipeline

🕒 22:25–22:55
🏷️ Labels: Automation, Scripting, Python, Pipeline, Standardization
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to standardize time-based execution parameters across an automation pipeline to enhance orchestration and reduce fragmentation.

Key Activities

• Proposed the adoption of a consistent --trigger-time interface across scripts.
• Emphasized maintaining --digest-id support in scripts for compatibility.
• Reviewed the 03_headlines_digests.py script, focusing on filename timestamp consistency and error reporting.
• Conducted an audit of the system’s timestamp policies and identified core inconsistencies.
• Implemented timestamp normalization in the create_digest_jsonl() function.
• Fixed filename generation logic to prevent malformed filenames due to redundant timestamps.
• Refactored the STAGES list into a function for dynamic timestamp handling.

Achievements

• Established a unified approach to time-based execution in the pipeline.
• Improved script compatibility and error handling.
• Enhanced filename generation and processing logic.

Pending Tasks

• Further monitoring and validation of pipeline outputs to ensure ongoing improvements.