huskies: merge 470_story_reduce_timer_tick_interval_to_1_second_and_suppress_idle_tick_logging

server/src/chat/timer.rs

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ impl TimerStore {
 
 // ── Tick loop ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-/// Spawn a background tokio task that fires due timers every 30 seconds.
+/// Spawn a background tokio task that fires due timers every 1 second.
 ///
 /// Same pattern as the watchdog in `agents::pool::auto_assign`.
 /// When a timer fires, `start_agent` is called for the story.  If all coders
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ pub fn spawn_timer_tick_loop(
     );
 
     tokio::spawn(async move {
-        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(30));
+        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
         loop {
             interval.tick().await;
 
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ async fn tick_once(
         }
     };
 
+    if due.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     let remaining = store.list().len();
     crate::slog!(
         "[timer] Tick: {} due, {remaining} remaining",