f841658912e8c8441e745b2bfdbb86b7c270d811
hiram
  Tue Apr 21 14:52:59 2026 -0700
run ottoRequest.py every minute refs #31811

diff --git src/hg/utils/otto/otto.crontab src/hg/utils/otto/otto.crontab
index 2dae2b24a39..be730095e26 100644
--- src/hg/utils/otto/otto.crontab
+++ src/hg/utils/otto/otto.crontab
@@ -102,32 +102,32 @@
 
 #ClinGen CSpec
 11 11 * * 3 /hive/data/outside/otto/clinGen/clinGenCspec/makeClinGenCspec.sh
 
 #VarChat
 22 22 * * 4 /hive/data/outside/otto/varChat/varChatOtto.sh
 
 #vista
 0 9 1 * * /hive/data/outside/otto/vista/vistaOtto.sh
 
 #GRC Incident
 MAILTO=hiram@soe.ucsc.edu,otto-group@ucsc.edu
 33 06 * * * /hive/data/outside/otto/grcIncidentDb/runUpdate.sh makeItSo
 
 # liftOver request watch - sends email to configured address in hg.conf
-#   e.g.: chainFileRequestEmail=...
-1 * * * 1-5 /hive/data/outside/otto/liftRequest/ottoRequest.py
+#   e.g.: chainFileRequestEmail=... - running every minute Monday thru Friday
+* * * * 1-5 /hive/data/outside/otto/liftRequest/ottoRequest.py
 
 # GenArk update hgcentral.genark table, once a week on Tuesday
 # the script itself sends email for notices about activity
 37 10 * * 2 /hive/data/inside/GenArk/updateHgcentral.sh makeItSo
 
 ##### this script is making a listing that is used by the pushRR.sh script.
 ##### this takes a significant amount of time to run, 2 or 3 hours.
 ##### Needs to be done before the pushRR.sh script below is running at 01:03
 58 18 * * * /hive/data/inside/GenArk/pushRR/devList.sh
 
 ##### see also, in the source tree: src/hg/utils/otto/genArk/pushRR/README.txt
 # push out the /gbdb/hubs/GC[AF]/ hierarchy to:
 #  hgwbeta hgw0 hgw1 hgw2 euroNode
 #   There is an equivalent 'pull' script running on the asiaNode
 #    as of 2025-07-24 this script now protects itself from overrunning itself