removed cron job that made rentals active. Now whether or not the rental is active is determined on the fly

backend/jobs/rentalStatusJob.js

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-const cron = require("node-cron");
-const { Rental } = require("../models");
-const { Op } = require("sequelize");
-const logger = require("../utils/logger");
-
-const statusUpdateSchedule = "*/15 * * * *"; // Run every 15 minutes
-
-class RentalStatusJob {
-  static startScheduledStatusUpdates() {
-    console.log("Starting automated rental status updates...");
-
-    const statusJob = cron.schedule(
-      statusUpdateSchedule,
-      async () => {
-        try {
-          await this.activateStartedRentals();
-        } catch (error) {
-          logger.error("Error in scheduled rental status update", {
-            error: error.message,
-            stack: error.stack
-          });
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        scheduled: false,
-        timezone: "America/New_York",
-      }
-    );
-
-    // Start the job
-    statusJob.start();
-
-    console.log("Rental status job scheduled:");
-    console.log("- Status updates every 15 minutes: " + statusUpdateSchedule);
-
-    return {
-      statusJob,
-
-      stop() {
-        statusJob.stop();
-        console.log("Rental status job stopped");
-      },
-
-      getStatus() {
-        return {
-          statusJobRunning: statusJob.getStatus() === "scheduled",
-        };
-      },
-    };
-  }
-
-  static async activateStartedRentals() {
-    try {
-      const now = new Date();
-
-      // Find all confirmed rentals where start time has arrived
-      const rentalsToActivate = await Rental.findAll({
-        where: {
-          status: "confirmed",
-          startDateTime: {
-            [Op.lte]: now,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-
-      if (rentalsToActivate.length === 0) {
-        return { activated: 0 };
-      }
-
-      // Update all matching rentals to active status
-      const rentalIds = rentalsToActivate.map((r) => r.id);
-      const [updateCount] = await Rental.update(
-        { status: "active" },
-        {
-          where: {
-            id: {
-              [Op.in]: rentalIds,
-            },
-          },
-        }
-      );
-
-      logger.info("Activated started rentals", {
-        count: updateCount,
-        rentalIds: rentalIds,
-      });
-
-      console.log(`Activated ${updateCount} rentals that have started`);
-
-      return { activated: updateCount, rentalIds };
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.error("Error activating started rentals", {
-        error: error.message,
-        stack: error.stack,
-      });
-      throw error;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = RentalStatusJob;