1] What is the nature and description of the request?

The customer is requesting the ability to configure recurring schedules in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) so that a Job Template can automatically run every 15 minutes between 6:15 AM and 10:45 PM CET, Monday through Friday, without requiring separate schedules or manual intervention.

Currently, in AAP 2.5, while there is an option to set an end time for a schedule, doing so causes the schedule to stop entirely after that time and does not resume on the following day—which prevents users from defining a recurring time window within each day.

2]  Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)

• • The customer has business workflows that must run only during specific business hours (6:15 AM to 10:45 PM CET) on weekdays.

• • Continuous execution outside of this window could lead to unintended system changes or unnecessary load on the infrastructure.

• • Manually creating and managing multiple schedules for each weekday introduces operational overhead and increases the chance of configuration errors.

• • An automatic, time-bound schedule within each day would simplify operations, improve maintainability, and ensure consistent execution of time-sensitive tasks.

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3]  How would you like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here)

• • Introduce support for defining daily time window constraints (start and end times) within a single recurring schedule.

• • The schedule should:

• • • Start execution at a defined time (e.g., 6:15 AM CET) and stop triggering jobs after a defined end time (e.g., 10:45 PM CET).

• • • Continue this behavior recurringly from Monday to Friday without requiring multiple separate schedules.

• • Ideally, enhance the rrule support in the AAP UI/API to include BYHOUR, BYMINUTE, and other relevant RFC 5545 options to support fine-grained recurring patterns.

• • Alternatively, provide a user-friendly mechanism in the UI and API to define "Active Hours" for a given schedule.