polling cycles

Author: Thomas Stromberg

README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ADVRider's built-in notifications only email you once after your last visit. Thi
 
 Subscribe to any ADVRider thread and get emails when new posts appear.
 
-**Respectful polling:** Adaptive intervals from 5 minutes (active threads) to 4 hours (quiet threads) using exponential backoff: `5min × 2^(hours_since_post / 3)`. Each thread is scraped once per cycle regardless of subscriber count, minimizing server load.
+**Respectful polling:** Adaptive intervals from 5 minutes (active threads) to 4 hours (quiet threads) using exponential backoff: `5min × 2^(hours_since_post / 3)`. Polling cycles are triggered every 10 minutes via Cloud Scheduler, making the real-world minimum check interval ~10 minutes for active threads. Each thread is scraped once per cycle regardless of subscriber count, minimizing server load.
 
 **User limits:** Maximum 20 threads per email address. Notifications batch up to 10 posts to prevent spam.