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Update usage ping cron behavior

Ben Kochie requested to merge bjk/usage_ping into master

What does this MR do?

Modify the behavior of the usage ping to avoid overloading the version service.

  • Splay the start by sleeping up to one minute.
  • Adjust sideikiq retries to try up to approximately three hours.
  • Randomize the minute fully within the hour.
  • Psudo-randomize the day of the week based on the instance UUID.

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Performance and testing

Security

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  • The MR includes necessary changes to maintain consistency between UI, API, email, or other methods
  • Security reports checked/validated by a reviewer from the AppSec team
Edited by Ben Kochie

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