reduced the places where we probe hourly tables

internal/tasks/inventoryLifecycle.go

@@ -137,15 +137,9 @@ ORDER BY snapshot_time ASC
 		if err := db.ValidateTableName(t.Table); err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		if t.Count.Valid {
-			if t.Count.Int64 <= 0 {
-				continue
-			}
-		} else {
-			hasRows, err := db.TableHasRows(ctx, dbConn, t.Table)
-			if err != nil || !hasRows {
-				continue
-			}
+		// Trust snapshot_count if present; otherwise optimistically include to avoid long probes.
+		if t.Count.Valid && t.Count.Int64 <= 0 {
+			continue
 		}
 		tables = append(tables, t)
 	}