Profile.next_nag_date tracks when the next hourly/daily reminder
should be sent. Normally, sendalerts sets this field when
a check goes down, and sendreports clears it out whenever
it is about to send a reminder but realizes all checks are up.
The problem: sendalerts can set next_nag_date to a non-null
value, but it does not clear it out when all checks are up.
This can result in a hourly/daily reminder being sent out
at the wrong time. Specific example, assuming hourly reminders:
13:00: Check A goes down. next_nag_date gets set to 14:00.
13:05: Check A goes up. next_nag_date remains set to 14:00.
13:55: Check B goes down. next_nag_date remains set to 14:00.
14:00: Healthchecks sends a hourly reminder, just 5 minutes
after Check B going down. It should have sent the reminder
at 13:55 + 1 hour = 14:55
The fix: sendalerts can now both set and clear the next_nag_date
field. The main changes are in Project.update_next_nag_dates()
and in Profile.update_next_nag_date(). With the fix:
13:00: Check A goes down. next_nag_date gets set to 14:00.
13:05: Check A goes up. next_nag_date gets set to null.
13:55: Check B goes down. next_nag_date gets set to 14:55.
14:55: Healthchecks sends a hourly reminder.
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