From 794e0866ec5c8da16a0f2a209b8bd828b8e07efa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyko <punk.flag8609@fastmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:18:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore(deps): upgrade node-cron from v3 to v4 and update cron
 scheduling options

---
 package-lock.json      | 20 ++++----------------
 package.json           |  2 +-
 src/core/cron/index.js | 10 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d57eb78..cdef445 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         "@react-email/components": "^0.5.6",
         "@react-pdf/renderer": "^4.3.1",
         "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
-        "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
+        "node-cron": "^4.2.1",
         "pg": "^8.11.3",
         "resend": "^3.2.0",
         "stripe": "^14.0.0"
@@ -3683,13 +3683,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/node-cron": {
-      "version": "3.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-cron/-/node-cron-3.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dOal67//nohNgYWb+nWmg5dkFdIwDm8EpeGYMekPMrngV3637lqnX0lbUcCtgibHTz6SEz7DAIjKvKDFYCnO1A==",
+      "version": "4.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-cron/-/node-cron-4.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lgimEHPE/QDgFlywTd8yTR61ptugX3Qer29efeyWw2rv259HtGBNn1vZVmp8lB9uo9wC0t/AT4iGqXxia+CJFg==",
       "license": "ISC",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "uuid": "8.3.2"
-      },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=6.0.0"
       }
@@ -5355,15 +5352,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-EPD5q1uXyFxJpCrLnCc1nHnq3gOa6DZBocAIiI2TaSCA7VCJ1UJDMagCzIkXNsUYfD1daK//LTEQ8xiIbrHtcw==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/uuid": {
-      "version": "8.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "bin": {
-        "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/vite-compatible-readable-stream": {
       "version": "3.6.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite-compatible-readable-stream/-/vite-compatible-readable-stream-3.6.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41eeb6e..467b175 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "@react-email/components": "^0.5.6",
     "@react-pdf/renderer": "^4.3.1",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
-    "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
+    "node-cron": "^4.2.1",
     "pg": "^8.11.3",
     "resend": "^3.2.0",
     "stripe": "^14.0.0"
diff --git a/src/core/cron/index.js b/src/core/cron/index.js
index f1a5418..2421b93 100644
--- a/src/core/cron/index.js
+++ b/src/core/cron/index.js
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ export function schedule(name, cronSchedule, handler, options = {}) {
     } catch (error) {
       fail(`Cron ${name}: ${error.message}`);
     }
-  }, {
-    scheduled: true,
-    timezone,
-    runOnInit: options.runOnInit ?? false
-  });
+  }, { timezone });
+
+  if (options.runOnInit) {
+    handler().catch((error) => fail(`Cron ${name}: ${error.message}`));
+  }
 
   jobs.set(name, {
     job,