A schedule per location, and locations backed up one after the other

Off, once a day or every N hours from a time, each in its own time zone. Existing locations
keep the time that held for all of them. A backup that has to wait shows as queued, and its
restore point has the time it really began.

lib/BackgroundJob/BackupJob.php

@@ -43,17 +43,16 @@ final class BackupJob extends TimedJob {
 		$this->setTimeSensitivity(IJob::TIME_SENSITIVE);
 	}
 
-	private const MAX_DAILY_ATTEMPTS = 3;
-
 	protected function run($argument): void {
 		$budget = PHP_SAPI === 'cli' ? 240.0 : 20.0;
 		$deadline = microtime(true) + $budget;
 		$this->startScheduled();
-		foreach ($this->runs->findRunning(null, BackupService::KIND_FULL) as $run) {
+		// One after the other: runs that read the same disks at the same time are not faster together.
+		foreach ($this->backups->runsInTurn() as $run) {
 			while (microtime(true) < $deadline && $run->getStatus() === 'running') {
 				$next = $this->backups->step($run, min($deadline, microtime(true) + $budget));
 				if ($next === $run) {
-					break; // step() hands back the same object when another process holds the run's lease
+					break 2; // step() hands back the same object when another process holds the run's lease
 				}
 				$run = $next;
 			}
@@ -102,21 +101,18 @@ final class BackupJob extends TimedJob {
 		$this->appConfig->setValueString(Application::APP_ID, 'last_prune_week', $due);
 	}
 
-	/** Daily schedule: "HH:MM" in the schedule's time zone (see Schedule); empty = no schedule. */
+	/** Start the backups the schedules of the locations ask for; they run in turn (see LocationSchedule). */
 	private function startScheduled(): void {
-		$todayAt = $this->schedule->todayAt();
-		if ($todayAt === null || time() < $todayAt) {
-			return;
-		}
+		$now = time();
 		foreach ($this->targets->list() as $t) {
-			$last = $this->runs->lastFinished($t->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL);
-			if ($this->runs->findRunning($t->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL) !== [] || ($last !== null && $last->getStartedAt() >= $todayAt)) {
+			$moment = \OCA\NgBackup\Service\LocationSchedule::lastMoment((string)$t->getSchedule(), $this->schedule->zoneOr($t->getScheduleZone()), $now);
+			if ($moment === null || $this->runs->findRunning($t->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL) !== []) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			// After a failure: retry at most MAX_DAILY_ATTEMPTS times a day, an hour apart, instead
-			// of starting (and notifying about) a new full run every five minutes all day.
-			$today = $this->runs->startedSince($t->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL, $todayAt);
-			if (count($today) >= self::MAX_DAILY_ATTEMPTS || ($today !== [] && time() - (int)$today[0]->getFinishedAt() < 3600)) {
+			$attempts = $this->runs->startedSince($t->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL, $moment);
+			if (!\OCA\NgBackup\Service\LocationSchedule::isDue($moment, (int)$t->getScheduleSince(),
+				$this->runs->lastFinished($t->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL)?->getStartedAt(),
+				count($attempts), ($attempts[0] ?? null)?->getFinishedAt(), $now)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			try {

lib/Command/Status.php

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ final class Status extends Command {
 		private VerifyService $verify,
 		private Schedule $schedule,
 		private CronHealth $cron,
+		private \OCA\NgBackup\Service\BackupService $backups,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct();
 	}
@@ -61,9 +62,11 @@ final class Status extends Command {
 		$rows = [];
 		$all = (bool)$input->getOption('all');
 		$shown = $this->runs->findShown($all ? null : time() - self::RECENT_DAYS * 86400);
+		$queued = array_map(static fn (\OCA\NgBackup\Db\Run $r): int => $r->getId(), array_slice($this->backups->runsInTurn(), 1));
 		foreach ($shown as $r) {
 			$s = json_decode($r->getStats() ?? '{}', true)['files'] ?? [];
-			$rows[] = [$r->getId(), $names[$r->getTargetId()] ?? '#' . $r->getTargetId(), $r->getKind(), $r->getStatus() === 'running' ? self::runningStatus($r) : $r->getStatus(),
+			$rows[] = [$r->getId(), $names[$r->getTargetId()] ?? '#' . $r->getTargetId(), $r->getKind(),
+				in_array($r->getId(), $queued, true) ? 'queued' : ($r->getStatus() === 'running' ? self::runningStatus($r) : $r->getStatus()),
 				Format::time($r->getStartedAt(), $zone), $r->getFinishedAt() ? Format::duration($r->getFinishedAt() - $r->getStartedAt()) : '',
 				$s['files'] ?? '', isset($s['bytes']) ? self::size((int)$s['bytes']) : '',
 				isset($s['uploaded']) ? self::size((int)$s['uploaded']) : '', mb_strimwidth((string)$r->getError(), 0, 50, '…')];

lib/Command/TargetList.php

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ final class TargetList extends Base {
 		$rows = [];
 		foreach ($this->targets->list() as $t) {
 			$row = ['id' => $t->getId(), 'name' => $t->getName(), 'backend' => $t->getBackend(), 'path' => $t->getBasePath(),
-				'repository' => $t->getRepositoryId(), 'added' => date('Y-m-d H:i', $t->getCreatedAt())];
+				'repository' => $t->getRepositoryId(), 'added' => date('Y-m-d H:i', $t->getCreatedAt()),
+				'schedule' => (string)$t->getSchedule() !== '' ? $t->getSchedule() : 'off'];
 			if ($input->getOption('test')) {
 				try {
 					$repo = $this->targets->repository($t);

lib/Command/TargetSchedule.php

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Dillard Blom
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+namespace OCA\NgBackup\Command;
+
+use OCA\NgBackup\Service\Schedule;
+use OCA\NgBackup\Service\TargetService;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+final class TargetSchedule extends Command {
+	public function __construct(
+		private TargetService $targets,
+		private Schedule $schedule,
+	) {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure(): void {
+		$this->setName('backup:target:schedule')
+			->setDescription('Show or set when a location is backed up')
+			->addArgument('target', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'Location name or id')
+			->addArgument('schedule', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, '"off", HH:MM for once a day, or HH:MM/N for every N hours from HH:MM; omit to show the current one')
+			->addOption('timezone', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Time zone of the time, e.g. Europe/Amsterdam');
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+		$t = $this->targets->get($input->getArgument('target'));
+		$schedule = $input->getArgument('schedule');
+		$zone = $input->getOption('timezone') ?? $this->schedule->zoneOr($t->getScheduleZone());
+		if ($schedule !== null) {
+			try {
+				$t = $this->targets->setSchedule($t, $schedule, (string)$zone);
+			} catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+				$output->writeln('<error>' . $e->getMessage() . '</error>');
+				return 1;
+			}
+		}
+		$current = (string)$t->getSchedule();
+		$output->writeln($t->getName() . ': ' . ($current === '' ? 'off' : $current . ' (' . $zone . ')'));
+		return 0;
+	}
+}

lib/Controller/AdminApiController.php

@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ final class AdminApiController extends Controller {
 		foreach ($this->targets->list() as $t) {
 			$targets[] = ['id' => $t->getId(), 'name' => $t->getName(), 'backend' => $t->getBackend(), 'path' => $t->getBasePath(),
 				'repositoryId' => $t->getRepositoryId(), 'createdAt' => $t->getCreatedAt(), 'appendOnly' => (bool)$t->getAppendOnly(),
-				'maxBytes' => $t->getMaxBytes(), 'storedBytes' => $this->alerts->lastStoredBytes($t)];
+				'maxBytes' => $t->getMaxBytes(), 'storedBytes' => $this->alerts->lastStoredBytes($t),
+				'schedule' => (string)$t->getSchedule(), 'scheduleZone' => $this->schedule->zoneOr($t->getScheduleZone())];
 		}
 		$shown = $this->runs->findShown($allRuns ? null : time() - \OCA\NgBackup\Command\Status::RECENT_DAYS * 86400);
-		$runs = array_map(fn (Run $r) => $this->runJson($r), $shown);
+		$queued = array_flip(array_map(static fn (Run $r): int => $r->getId(), array_slice($this->backups->runsInTurn(), 1)));
+		$runs = array_map(fn (Run $r) => $this->runJson($r) + ['queued' => isset($queued[$r->getId()])], $shown);
 		return new JSONResponse([
 			'key' => ['initialized' => $this->keys->isInitialized(), 'fingerprint' => $this->keys->fingerprint(),
 				'confirmation' => $this->keys->recoveryKitConfirmation(), 'everConfirmed' => $this->keys->isInitialized() && $this->keys->everConfirmed(),
@@ -74,8 +76,6 @@ final class AdminApiController extends Controller {
 			'runs' => $runs,
 			'olderRuns' => $allRuns ? 0 : $this->runs->countAll() - count($shown),
 			'recentDays' => \OCA\NgBackup\Command\Status::RECENT_DAYS,
-			'schedule' => $this->schedule->get()['time'],
-			'scheduleTimezone' => $this->schedule->get()['timezone'],
 			'cron' => $this->cron->check(),
 		]);
 	}
@@ -97,16 +97,16 @@ final class AdminApiController extends Controller {
 		}
 		$deadline = microtime(true) + self::TICK_SECONDS;
 		$stepped = 0;
-		$running = $this->runs->findRunning(null, BackupService::KIND_FULL);
-		// Longest wait first: a run that takes all of a tick does not keep another from its turn.
-		usort($running, static fn ($a, $b) => $a->getUpdatedAt() <=> $b->getUpdatedAt());
-		foreach ($running as $run) {
+		foreach ($this->backups->runsInTurn() as $run) {
 			if (microtime(true) >= $deadline) {
 				break;
 			}
 			// step() returns at once when the background job (or another tab) holds the run.
-			$this->backups->step($run, $deadline);
+			$next = $this->backups->step($run, $deadline);
 			$stepped++;
+			if ($next->getStatus() === Run::RUNNING) {
+				break; // not finished: the next one waits for its turn
+			}
 		}
 		return new JSONResponse(['stepped' => $stepped]);
 	}
@@ -278,14 +278,14 @@ final class AdminApiController extends Controller {
 		return new JSONResponse($this->runJson($run));
 	}
 
-	/** @param string $timezone the administrator's zone (the browser's); empty: keep the current one */
-	public function setSchedule(string $time, string $timezone = ''): JSONResponse {
+	/** @param string $timezone the administrator's zone (the browser's); empty: the default one */
+	public function setTargetSchedule(int $id, string $schedule, string $timezone = ''): JSONResponse {
 		try {
-			$this->schedule->set($time, $timezone !== '' ? $timezone : $this->schedule->get()['timezone']);
-		} catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+			$t = $this->targets->setSchedule($this->targets->get((string)$id), $schedule, $timezone !== '' ? $timezone : $this->schedule->get()['timezone']);
+		} catch (\Throwable $e) {
 			return new JSONResponse(['error' => $e->getMessage()], Http::STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
 		}
-		return new JSONResponse(['schedule' => $time, 'scheduleTimezone' => $this->schedule->get()['timezone']]);
+		return new JSONResponse(['schedule' => $t->getSchedule(), 'scheduleZone' => $t->getScheduleZone()]);
 	}
 
 	public function snapshots(int $targetId): JSONResponse {

lib/Db/Target.php

@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ use OCP\AppFramework\Db\Entity;
  * @method void setMaxBytes(?int $v)
  * @method int getCreatedAt()
  * @method void setCreatedAt(int $v)
+ * @method string|null getSchedule()
+ * @method void setSchedule(?string $v)
+ * @method string|null getScheduleZone()
+ * @method void setScheduleZone(?string $v)
+ * @method int|null getScheduleSince()
+ * @method void setScheduleSince(?int $v)
  */
 final class Target extends Entity {
 	protected string $name = '';
@@ -39,8 +45,12 @@ final class Target extends Entity {
 	protected int $createdAt = 0;
 	protected ?bool $appendOnly = null;
 	protected ?int $maxBytes = null;
+	protected ?string $schedule = null;
+	protected ?string $scheduleZone = null;
+	protected ?int $scheduleSince = null;
 
 	public function __construct() {
+		$this->addType('scheduleSince', 'integer');
 		$this->addType('createdAt', 'integer');
 		$this->addType('appendOnly', 'boolean');
 		$this->addType('maxBytes', 'integer');

lib/Migration/Version000008Date20261107010000.php

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Dillard Blom
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+namespace OCA\NgBackup\Migration;
+
+use Closure;
+use OCA\NgBackup\Service\LocationSchedule;
+use OCA\NgBackup\Service\Schedule;
+use OCP\DB\ISchemaWrapper;
+use OCP\DB\Types;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+use OCP\Migration\IOutput;
+use OCP\Migration\SimpleMigrationStep;
+
+/** A schedule per location. Each existing location gets the daily time that held for all of them. */
+final class Version000008Date20261107010000 extends SimpleMigrationStep {
+	public function __construct(
+		private IDBConnection $db,
+		private Schedule $schedule,
+	) {
+	}
+
+	public function changeSchema(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options): ?ISchemaWrapper {
+		/** @var ISchemaWrapper $schema */
+		$schema = $schemaClosure();
+		$t = $schema->getTable('ngb_targets');
+		if ($t->hasColumn('schedule')) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		$t->addColumn('schedule', Types::STRING, ['notnull' => false, 'length' => 16]);
+		$t->addColumn('schedule_zone', Types::STRING, ['notnull' => false, 'length' => 64]);
+		$t->addColumn('schedule_since', Types::BIGINT, ['notnull' => false, 'unsigned' => true]);
+		return $schema;
+	}
+
+	public function postSchemaChange(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options): void {
+		['time' => $time, 'timezone' => $zone] = $this->schedule->get();
+		$qb = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
+		$qb->update('ngb_targets')
+			->set('schedule', $qb->createNamedParameter(Schedule::validTime($time) ? LocationSchedule::normalize($time) : ''))
+			->set('schedule_zone', $qb->createNamedParameter($zone))
+			->where($qb->expr()->isNull('schedule'));
+		$qb->executeStatement();
+	}
+}

lib/Service/AlertService.php

@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ final class AlertService {
 
 	/** At most one notification per location per day. */
 	public function checkStale(Target $target): void {
-		$last = $this->runs->lastFinished($target->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL);
+		if ((string)$target->getSchedule() === '') {
+			return; // no schedule is a choice, as for a location that is only connected now and then
+		}
+		$last =$this->runs->lastFinished($target->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL);
 		$lastTime = $last?->getFinishedAt() ?? $target->getCreatedAt();
 		if (time() - $lastTime < self::STALE_AFTER || $this->runs->findRunning($target->getId(), BackupService::KIND_FULL) !== []) {
 			return;

lib/Service/BackupService.php

@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ final class BackupService {
 		$this->openedWith = $opened;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The running backups in the order they get their turn: first come, first served. The first one
+	 * runs, the others are queued; only one at a time reads the disks.
+	 *
+	 * @return list<Run>
+	 */
+	public function runsInTurn(): array {
+		$running = $this->runs->findRunning(null, self::KIND_FULL);
+		usort($running, static fn (Run $a, Run $b): int => [$a->getStartedAt(), $a->getId()] <=> [$b->getStartedAt(), $b->getId()]);
+		return $running;
+	}
+
 	public function start(Target $target, string $label = ''): Run {
 		$label = trim($label);
 		if (mb_strlen($label) > self::LABEL_MAX) {
@@ -210,6 +222,10 @@ final class BackupService {
 			$state = json_decode($run->getState(), true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
 
 			if ($run->getPhase() === 'db') {
+				if (!isset($state['dump'])) {
+					// It may have been queued for hours: the restore point has the time of its data.
+					$state['files']['started'] = gmdate('c');
+				}
 				$dumper = new DbDumper($this->db->getInner(), $this->config->getSystemValueString('dbtableprefix', 'oc_'));
 				$dbStats = $state['dbStats'] ?? [];
 				// With system cron the whole dump usually fits in one step (one transaction, fully

lib/Service/LocationSchedule.php

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Dillard Blom
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+namespace OCA\NgBackup\Service;
+
+/**
+ * When a location is backed up: "" (off), "HH:MM" (daily) or "HH:MM/N" (from HH:MM every N hours,
+ * starting over at HH:MM the next day), in the location's time zone.
+ */
+final class LocationSchedule {
+	/** Attempts per moment after a failure, an hour apart, instead of one every few minutes. */
+	public const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+	public const RETRY_AFTER = 3600;
+
+	/** @throws \InvalidArgumentException */
+	public static function normalize(string $schedule): string {
+		$schedule = trim($schedule);
+		if ($schedule === '' || strtolower($schedule) === 'off') {
+			return '';
+		}
+		if (preg_match('/^(([01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d)(?:\/(\d{1,2}))?$/', $schedule, $m) !== 1) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Use "off", HH:MM for once a day, or HH:MM/N for every N hours from HH:MM');
+		}
+		$hours = (int)($m[3] ?? 24);
+		if ($hours < 1 || $hours > 24) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Every 1 to 24 hours');
+		}
+		return $hours === 24 ? $m[1] : $m[1] . '/' . $hours;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The most recent scheduled moment at or before $now; null without a schedule.
+	 *
+	 * @param non-empty-string $zone
+	 */
+	public static function lastMoment(string $schedule, string $zone, int $now): ?int {
+		if ($schedule === '') {
+			return null;
+		}
+		$tz = new \DateTimeZone($zone);
+		$today = (new \DateTimeImmutable('@' . $now))->setTimezone($tz);
+		$moments = array_merge(self::moments($schedule, $today->modify('-1 day'), $tz), self::moments($schedule, $today, $tz));
+		$last = null;
+		foreach ($moments as $moment) {
+			if ($moment <= $now && ($last === null || $moment > $last)) {
+				$last = $moment;
+			}
+		}
+		return $last;
+	}
+
+	/** @return list<int> the moments of one day */
+	private static function moments(string $schedule, \DateTimeImmutable $day, \DateTimeZone $tz): array {
+		[$time, $every] = array_pad(explode('/', $schedule), 2, '24');
+		[$hour, $minute] = array_map('intval', explode(':', $time));
+		$moments = [];
+		for ($h = $hour; $h < 24; $h += (int)$every) {
+			$moments[] = (new \DateTimeImmutable($day->format('Y-m-d') . sprintf(' %02d:%02d', $h, $minute), $tz))->getTimestamp();
+		}
+		return $moments;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Whether a backup has to start for $moment. One that was made since then is enough, also when
+	 * several moments went by during a long backup. A moment from before the schedule was set does
+	 * not count: choosing a time must not start a backup right away.
+	 */
+	public static function isDue(int $moment, int $since, ?int $lastDoneStarted, int $attempts, ?int $lastAttemptFinished, int $now): bool {
+		if ($moment < $since || ($lastDoneStarted !== null && $lastDoneStarted >= $moment) || $attempts >= self::MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return $attempts === 0 || $now - (int)$lastAttemptFinished >= self::RETRY_AFTER;
+	}
+}

lib/Service/Schedule.php

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IGroupManager;
 
 /**
- * The daily backup time: "HH:MM" in a time zone. Nextcloud runs PHP in UTC, so a time without a
- * zone meant UTC (issue #19: 03:00 ran at 05:00 in Berlin). A time saved before there was a zone
- * is converted once to the zone of the server or of an administrator, at today's offset: it then
- * shows as it effectively ran (02:30 UTC becomes 04:30 Europe/Berlin in summer).
+ * The time zone times are shown in, and the daily time from before each location had its own
+ * schedule (see LocationSchedule). Nextcloud runs PHP in UTC, so a time without a zone meant UTC
+ * (issue #19: 03:00 ran at 05:00 in Berlin). A time saved before there was a zone is converted once
+ * to the zone of the server or of an administrator, at today's offset: it then shows as it
+ * effectively ran (02:30 UTC becomes 04:30 Europe/Berlin in summer).
  */
 final class Schedule {
 	public const TIME_KEY = 'schedule_time';
@@ -44,27 +45,9 @@ final class Schedule {
 		return ['time' => $time, 'timezone' => $zone];
 	}
 
-	/** @throws \InvalidArgumentException for a malformed time or an unknown zone */
-	public function set(string $time, string $zone): void {
-		if ($time !== '' && !self::validTime($time)) {
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Use HH:MM or empty');
-		}
-		if (!self::validZone($zone)) {
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unknown time zone: ' . $zone);
-		}
-		$this->appConfig->setValueString(Application::APP_ID, self::ZONE_KEY, $zone);
-		$this->appConfig->setValueString(Application::APP_ID, self::TIME_KEY, $time);
-	}
-
-	/** Today's scheduled moment as a Unix time, in the schedule's zone; null without a schedule. */
-	public function todayAt(?int $now = null): ?int {
-		['time' => $time, 'timezone' => $zone] = $this->get();
-		if ($time === '' || !self::validTime($time)) {
-			return null;
-		}
-		$tz = new \DateTimeZone($zone);
-		$day = (new \DateTimeImmutable('@' . ($now ?? time())))->setTimezone($tz)->format('Y-m-d');
-		return (new \DateTimeImmutable($day . ' ' . $time, $tz))->getTimestamp();
+	/** @return non-empty-string the zone of a location's schedule, or else this one */
+	public function zoneOr(?string $zone): string {
+		return $zone !== null && self::validZone($zone) ? $zone : $this->get()['timezone'];
 	}
 
 	/**

lib/Service/TargetService.php

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ final class TargetService {
 		$target->setBasePath(trim($basePath, '/'));
 		$target->setRepositoryId($repo->id());
 		$target->setCreatedAt(time());
+		// Like the location before it: a backup scheme is usually one scheme.
+		$first = $this->mapper->findAll()[0] ?? null;
+		$target->setSchedule($first?->getSchedule() ?? '');
+		$target->setScheduleZone($first?->getScheduleZone());
+		$target->setScheduleSince(time());
 		$target = $this->mapper->insert($target);
 		if (!$created) {
 			// Disaster recovery: occ backup:list reads this local cache, not the repository
@@ -268,6 +273,20 @@ final class TargetService {
 	}
 
 	/** Size limit for the data stored on this location (null = none). */
+	/**
+	 * @param string $schedule see LocationSchedule
+	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function setSchedule(Target $target, string $schedule, string $zone): Target {
+		if (!Schedule::validZone($zone)) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unknown time zone: ' . $zone);
+		}
+		$target->setSchedule(LocationSchedule::normalize($schedule));
+		$target->setScheduleZone($zone);
+		$target->setScheduleSince(time());
+		return $this->mapper->update($target);
+	}
+
 	public function setMaxBytes(Target $target, ?int $maxBytes): Target {
 		$target->setMaxBytes($maxBytes);
 		return $this->mapper->update($target);