Daily Digest - Failsafe Backup System

Current Setup (Updated 2026-02-23)

Cron Job: Daily Digest - 7am CST
Job ID: 69fb35d3-f3be-4ed2-ade0-3ab77b4369a9
API Key: daily-digest-2026-secure-key ✅ Fixed
Timeout: 5 minutes
Notify on failure: YES ✅

Failsafe Mechanism

If the daily digest cron job fails:

Auto-retry: Up to 3 attempts with 30s delays
User notification: You will be notified of the failure
Backup file: Digest content saved to memory/YYYY-MM-DD-digest-failed.md

Manual posting: Can be posted manually via:

curl -X POST "https://blog-backup-two.vercel.app/api/digest" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: daily-digest-2026-secure-key" \
  -d @memory/2026-02-23-digest-failed.json

Last Successful Digest

Date: 2026-02-23
Posted at: 6:36 PM CST (manual fix)
Status: ✅ Live on blog-backup

Known Issues Fixed

✅ Wrong API key in cron job (was cron_daily_digest_2025, now daily-digest-2026-secure-key)
✅ Timeout extended to 5 minutes
✅ Notify on failure enabled
✅ Retry logic added

Manual Digest Generation (Emergency)

If cron fails for multiple days:

Tell me "generate yesterday's digest"
I'll research and post manually
Or use the backup file saved in memory/

Monitoring

Check daily at 7:05 AM CST
If no notification received = success
If failure notification received = check backup file

Last updated: 2026-02-23 18:37 CST

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