Automate Snapshot Creation and Scheduling

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Description

Snapshots are currently created manually through the Django admin panel. There is no automation someone has to fill in dates and trigger processing by hand. The goal is to automate the entire snapshot lifecycle so that a scheduled task creates the snapshot, calculates the correct date range, and triggers processing with safeguards against duplicate creation.

Management Command

• Build owasp_create_snapshot command with automatic date range calculation
• Generate snapshot key and title based on the current week/month
• Add duplicate detection to prevent creating the same snapshot twice
• Support both weekly and monthly frequency via --frequency flag

Makefile & Scheduling

• Add Makefile target for local usage (make owasp-create-snapshot)
• Configure production scheduling via ECS scheduled task (Monday 06:00 UTC)
• Chain snapshot creation with processing in the scheduled task

Automation Flow

• Full local automation: sync → create → process
• Idempotent execution — safe to re-run without side effects

Testing

• Unit tests for date range calculation, key generation, and duplicate detection
• Tests for the management command covering success and edge cases

Are you going to work on implementing this?

• Yes
• No