local last_run_times = host_module:open_store("cron", "map");

	active_hosts[host_module.host] = true;

	local function save_task(task, started_at) last_run_times:set(nil, task.id, started_at); end

	local function restore_task(task) if task.last == nil then task.last = last_run_times:get(nil, task.id); end end

	local function task_added(event)

		local task = event.item;

		if task.name == nil then task.name = task.when; end

		if task.id == nil then task.id = event.source.name .. "/" .. task.name:gsub("%W", "_"):lower(); end

		task.period = host_module:get_option_period(task.id:gsub("/", "_") .. "_period", "1" .. task.when, 60, 86400 * 7 * 53);

		task.restore = restore_task;

		task.save = save_task;

		module:log("debug", "%s task %s added", task.when, task.id);

		return true

	end

	local function task_removed(event)

		local task = event.item;

		host_module:log("debug", "Task %s removed", task.id);

		return true

	end

	host_module:handle_items("task", task_added, task_removed, true);

	function host_module.unload() active_hosts[host_module.host] = nil; end

local function should_run(task, last) return not last or last + task.period * 0.995 <= os.time() end

	task:restore();

	if not should_run(task, task.last) then return end

	local started_at = os.time();

	task:run(started_at);

	task.last = started_at;

	task:save(started_at);

	module:log("info", "Running periodic tasks");

	local delay = 3600;

	for host in pairs(active_hosts) do

		module:log("debug", "Running periodic tasks for host %s", host);

		for _, task in ipairs(module:context(host):get_host_items("task")) do task_runner:run(task); end

	end

	module:log("debug", "Wait %ds", delay);

	return delay

	section = "cron";

	section_desc = "View and manage recurring tasks";

	name = "tasks";

	desc = "View registered tasks";

	args = {};

	handler = function(self, filter_host)

		local format_table = require("prosody.util.human.io").table;

		local it = require("util.iterators");

		local row = format_table({

			{ title = "Host"; width = "2p" };

			{ title = "Task"; width = "3p" };

			{ title = "Desc"; width = "3p" };

			{ title = "When"; width = "1p" };

			{ title = "Last run"; width = "20" };

		}, self.session.width);

		local print = self.session.print;

		print(row());

		for host in it.sorted_pairs(filter_host and { [filter_host] = true } or active_hosts) do

			for _, task in ipairs(module:context(host):get_host_items("task")) do

				print(row({ host; task.id; task.name; task.when; task.last and os.date("%Y-%m-%d %R:%S", task.last) or "never" }));

			end

		end

	end;