ensure we dont collect hourly snapshot too soon after startup

internal/report/snapshots.go

@@ -361,6 +361,38 @@ ORDER BY snapshot_time ASC, table_name ASC
 	return records, rows.Err()
 }
 
+func LatestSnapshotTime(ctx context.Context, database db.Database, snapshotType string) (time.Time, error) {
+	dbConn := database.DB()
+	driver := strings.ToLower(dbConn.DriverName())
+
+	var maxTime sql.NullInt64
+	switch driver {
+	case "sqlite":
+		if err := dbConn.GetContext(ctx, &maxTime, `
+SELECT MAX(snapshot_time)
+FROM snapshot_registry
+WHERE snapshot_type = ?
+`, snapshotType); err != nil {
+			return time.Time{}, err
+		}
+	case "pgx", "postgres":
+		if err := dbConn.GetContext(ctx, &maxTime, `
+SELECT MAX(snapshot_time)
+FROM snapshot_registry
+WHERE snapshot_type = $1
+`, snapshotType); err != nil {
+			return time.Time{}, err
+		}
+	default:
+		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("unsupported driver for listing snapshots: %s", driver)
+	}
+
+	if !maxTime.Valid || maxTime.Int64 <= 0 {
+		return time.Time{}, nil
+	}
+	return time.Unix(maxTime.Int64, 0), nil
+}
+
 func FormatSnapshotLabel(snapshotType string, snapshotTime time.Time, tableName string) string {
 	switch snapshotType {
 	case "hourly":

internal/tasks/inventorySnapshots.go

@@ -51,6 +51,30 @@ func (c *CronTask) RunVcenterSnapshotHourly(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Lo
 		logger.Info("Hourly snapshot job finished", "duration", time.Since(startedAt))
 	}()
 	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	// reload settings in case vcenter list has changed
+	c.Settings.ReadYMLSettings()
+
+	if c.FirstHourlySnapshotCheck {
+		if err := report.EnsureSnapshotRegistry(ctx, c.Database); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		lastSnapshot, err := report.LatestSnapshotTime(ctx, c.Database, "hourly")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		minIntervalSeconds := intWithDefault(c.Settings.Values.Settings.VcenterInventorySnapshotSeconds, 3600)
+		if !lastSnapshot.IsZero() && startTime.Sub(lastSnapshot) < time.Duration(minIntervalSeconds)*time.Second {
+			c.Logger.Info("Skipping hourly snapshot, last snapshot too recent",
+				"last_snapshot", lastSnapshot,
+				"min_interval_seconds", minIntervalSeconds,
+			)
+			c.FirstHourlySnapshotCheck = false
+			return nil
+		}
+		c.FirstHourlySnapshotCheck = false
+	}
+
 	tableName, err := hourlyInventoryTableName(startTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -60,16 +84,10 @@ func (c *CronTask) RunVcenterSnapshotHourly(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Lo
 	if err := ensureDailyInventoryTable(ctx, dbConn, tableName); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := report.EnsureSnapshotRegistry(ctx, c.Database); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	if err := report.RegisterSnapshot(ctx, c.Database, "hourly", tableName, startTime); err != nil {
 		c.Logger.Warn("failed to register hourly snapshot", "error", err, "table", tableName)
 	}
 
-	// reload settings in case vcenter list has changed
-	c.Settings.ReadYMLSettings()
-
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	var errCount int64
 	concurrencyLimit := c.Settings.Values.Settings.HourlySnapshotConcurrency

internal/tasks/tasks.go

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ type CronTask struct {
 	Database                 db.Database
 	Settings                 *settings.Settings
 	VcCreds                  *vcenter.VcenterLogin
+	FirstHourlySnapshotCheck bool
 }

main.go

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ func main() {
 		Database:                 database,
 		Settings:                 s,
 		VcCreds:                  &creds,
+		FirstHourlySnapshotCheck: true,
 	}
 
 	/*