Increase CI job 'when delayed' limit to 1 week

changelogs/unreleased/feat-increase-start-in.yml

+---
+title: Increase upper limit of start_in attribute to 1 week
+merge_request: 20323
+author: Will Layton
+type: changed

doc/ci/yaml/README.md

@@ -1245,11 +1245,12 @@ Delayed job are for executing scripts after a certain period.
 This is useful if you want to avoid jobs entering `pending` state immediately.
 
 You can set the period with `start_in` key. The value of `start_in` key is an elapsed time in seconds, unless a unit is
-provided. `start_in` key must be less than or equal to one hour. Examples of valid values include:
+provided. `start_in` key must be less than or equal to one week. Examples of valid values include:
 
 - `10 seconds`
 - `30 minutes`
-- `1 hour`
+- `1 day`
+- `1 week`
 
 When there is a delayed job in a stage, the pipeline will not progress until the delayed job has finished.
 This means this keyword can also be used for inserting delays between different stages.

lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module Gitlab
               validates :rules, array_of_hashes: true
             end
 
-            validates :start_in, duration: { limit: '1 day' }, if: :delayed?
+            validates :start_in, duration: { limit: '1 week' }, if: :delayed?
             validates :start_in, absence: true, if: -> { has_rules? || !delayed? }
 
             validate do

spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job_spec.rb

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Job do
 
       context 'when delayed job' do
         context 'when start_in is specified' do
-          let(:config) { { script: 'echo', when: 'delayed', start_in: '1 day' } }
+          let(:config) { { script: 'echo', when: 'delayed', start_in: '1 week' } }
 
           it { expect(entry).to be_valid }
         end
@@ -232,11 +232,9 @@ describe Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Job do
 
       context 'when delayed job' do
         context 'when start_in is specified' do
-          let(:config) { { script: 'echo', when: 'delayed', start_in: '1 day' } }
+          let(:config) { { script: 'echo', when: 'delayed', start_in: '1 week' } }
 
-          it 'returns error about invalid type' do
-            expect(entry).to be_valid
-          end
+          it { expect(entry).to be_valid }
         end
 
         context 'when start_in is empty' do
@@ -257,8 +255,8 @@ describe Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Job do
           end
         end
 
-        context 'when start_in is longer than one day' do
-          let(:config) { { when: 'delayed', start_in: '2 days' } }
+        context 'when start_in is longer than one week' do
+          let(:config) { { when: 'delayed', start_in: '8 days' } }
 
           it 'returns error about exceeding the limit' do
             expect(entry).not_to be_valid