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+import json
+from datetime import timedelta
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+from agate.models import IngestionAttempt
+from agate.scheduled_tasks import start_scheduler, clear_old_archived_ingest_attempts_task
+from agate.queue_reading.ingestion_updater import IngestionUpdater
+from agate.tests.test_ingestion_updater import inbound_matched_example
+
+
+class SchedulerTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    @patch("agate.scheduled_tasks._scheduler")
+    def test_start_scheduler(self, scheduler):
+        with patch.dict("os.environ", {"RUN_MAIN": "True"}):
+            start_scheduler()
+        # Check that we have added something to the scheduler
+        scheduler.add_job.assert_called()
+        # Check that we started the scheduler
+        scheduler.start.assert_called()
+
+    def test_with_data(self):
+
+        self.assertEqual(IngestionAttempt.objects.count(), 0)
+        data = json.loads(inbound_matched_example)
+        IngestionUpdater.update(data, "inbound-matched")
+        # We should now have an entry
+        self.assertEqual(IngestionAttempt.objects.count(), 1)
+
+        clear_old_archived_ingest_attempts_task()
+        # We should still have an entry, since it was just added
+        self.assertEqual(IngestionAttempt.objects.count(), 1)
+
+        # Back to the future
+        fixed_dt = timezone.now() + timedelta(days=30)
+        with patch("django.utils.timezone.now", return_value=fixed_dt):
+            clear_old_archived_ingest_attempts_task()
+
+        # Under the current rules, this should have now been deleted
+        self.assertEqual(IngestionAttempt.objects.count(), 0)