- Set new version.

- Update dependencies.

build.gradle

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 
 java {
     group = 'eu.openaire.urls_worker'
-    version = '2.1.12-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '2.1.12'
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.commons', module: 'commons-compress'
     }
 
-    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '33.2.0-jre'
+    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '33.2.1-jre'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.11.0'

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

gradlew

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.

installAndRun.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ elif [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
 	echo -e "Wrong number of arguments given: ${#} (more than 1)\nPlease execute it like: script.sh <justRun: 0 | 1>";	exit 2
 fi
 
-gradleVersion="8.7"
+gradleVersion="8.8"
 
 shouldBeCarefulWithMaxHeap=0 # This is NOT a cmd-arg.
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if [[ justRun -eq 0 ]]; then
   #gradle tasks  # For debugging installation
   #gradle -v # For debugging installation
 
-  gradle clean build # --refresh-dependencies # --info
+  gradle clean build --refresh-dependencies # --info
 else
   export PATH=/opt/gradle/gradle-${gradleVersion}/bin:$PATH # Make sure the gradle is still accessible (it usually isn't without the "export").
 fi

src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/ScheduledTasks.java

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class ScheduledTasks {
     }
 
 
-    @Scheduled(fixedDelay = 1)  // Request the next batch immediately after the last one finishes.
+    @Scheduled(fixedDelay = 1)  // Request the 1st batch as soon as the app starts and each next batch immediately after the last one finishes.
     public void handleNewAssignments()
     {
         if ( GeneralController.shouldShutdownWorker || AssignmentsHandler.shouldNotRequestMore ) {