Comment 1 for bug 1788518

In addition to (or instead of) spreading the initial schedule, it would be beneficial to +/- a random percentage (e.g. between -10% and +10%) to the next interval on each run. This means that instead of running at hard intervals, the runs become skewed but remain at the given interval on average. This avoids synchronisation and consistent load spikes if the initial offset results in it matching another fixed processing schedule (e.g. from a cronjob). The same applies with load distribution on the server side (if applicable).