`immediateStart` doesn't actually start the cron job.

When immediateStart !== false, the module will execute task.update(new Date()) source. But the update function first checks if the time has come to execute the task. However, the time hasn’t come because cron job is schedule to be run, say, at midnight.

The immediateStart functionality should actually execute the task immediately, not check immediately if the time has come. The current functionality just starts the timer of the cron job. I think this should be documented properly or be changed.

[kadishmal]

It should probably be renamed as immediatelyCheck and documented accordingly.

[SassNinja]

The type of functionality you guys are looking for would be a param with a name like “executeJobOnceOnStart” or something like that. That functionality doesn’t exist but you can just do it yourself by calling the job function once directly.

Thanks for this hint! Anyway immediateStart should be renamed as its name is definitely confusing (that’s what brought me here).