script to run the daily maintenance tasks

INSTALL.md

@@ -430,7 +430,13 @@ Once a week or so it's good to run `remove_orphan_files.sh` to save disk space:
 5 4 * * 1 rimu cd /home/rimu/pyfedi && /home/rimu/pyfedi/remove_orphan_files.sh
 ```
 
-If celery is hanging occasionally (we're looking into it but it's a hard one to solve), put this script in /etc/cron.hourly:
+One per day there are some maintenance tasks that PieFed needs to do:
+
+```
+5 2 * * * rimu cd /home/rimu/pyfedi && /home/rimu/pyfedi/daily.sh
+```
+
+If celery is hanging occasionally, put this script in /etc/cron.hourly:
 
 ```
 #!/bin/bash

app/cli.py

@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ def register(app):
                     post_delete_post(community, post, post.user_id, federate_all_communities=False)
                     community.post_count -= 1
 
-            # Remove activity older than 3 days
-            db.session.query(ActivityPubLog).filter(ActivityPubLog.created_at < utcnow() - timedelta(days=3)).delete()
-            db.session.commit()
-
             # Ensure accurate count of posts associated with each hashtag
             for tag in Tag.query.all():
                 post_count = db.session.execute(text('SELECT COUNT(post_id) as c FROM "post_tag" WHERE tag_id = :tag_id'),

daily.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source venv/bin/activate
+export FLASK_APP=pyfedi.py
+flask daily-maintenance