fix bug where background tasks only ran on startup (facepalm)

src/tasks.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ static DB_POOL: OnceLock<database::Main> = OnceLock::new();
 
 /// Spawn a task to take care of running periodic background tasks.
 pub async fn spawn(rocket: rocket::Rocket<rocket::Build>) -> rocket::fairing::Result {
+    println!("here");
     let Some(db) = database::Main::fetch(&rocket) else {
         eprintln!("couldn't retrieve db pool to set up background tasks");
         return Err(rocket);
@@ -23,15 +24,17 @@ pub async fn spawn(rocket: rocket::Rocket<rocket::Build>) -> rocket::fairing::Re
     scheduler
         .every(1.day())
         .at("00:00")
+        .every(1.minute())
         .run(|| run_background_task("ensure daily chosen at midnight", ensure_daily_chosen));
     scheduler
         .every(1.minute())
         .run(|| run_background_task("end timed-out games", end_timed_out_games));
     rocket::tokio::task::spawn(async move {
         // Check for new tasks once a minute.
-        // FIXME: these tasks don't appear to be actually running
-        scheduler.run_pending().await;
-        rocket::tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
+        loop {
+            scheduler.run_pending().await;
+            rocket::tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
+        }
     });
     Ok(rocket)
 }
@@ -70,9 +73,11 @@ async fn db_conn() -> Result<sqlx::pool::PoolConnection<sqlx::Postgres>> {
 /// and also ensures that the database is populated with tracks and related data for
 /// other tasks.
 async fn ensure_daily_chosen() -> Result<()> {
+    println!("here....");
     track::pick::daily(&mut *db_conn().await?)
         .await
         .wrap_err("error picking a daily track as a background task")?;
+    println!("done!");
     Ok(())
 }