Claiming

• Dispatcher claims ready tasks and spawns the assigned profile
• Lock expires after a timeout (default: 9 minutes)
• If worker doesn’t start within lock window, task returns to ready

Priority

• Higher priority = picked sooner when multiple ready tasks share an assignee
• Default priority: 0
• Use positive for urgent, negative for low-priority

Max Runtime

• Per-task cap via max_runtime_seconds
• When exceeded, worker is SIGTERM’d and task re-queued with outcome: timed_out
• Default: configured per-profile

File Naming Conventions