addons auto-pause: Revert cleanup on ticker allocations

cmd/auto-pause/auto-pause.go

@@ -48,38 +48,21 @@ func main() {
 	// TODO: #10595 make this configurable
 	const interval = time.Minute * 1
 
-	// Check if interval is greater than 0 so NewTicker does not panic.
-	if interval <= 0 {
-		exit.Message(reason.Usage, "Auto-pause interval must be greater than 0,"+
-			" not current value of {{.interval}}", out.V{"interval": interval.String()})
-	}
-	tickerChannel := time.NewTicker(interval)
-
 	// Check current state
 	alreadyPaused()
 
 	// channel for incoming messages
 	go func() {
 		for {
+			// On each iteration new timer is created
 			select {
-			case <-tickerChannel.C:
+			// TODO: #10596 make it memory-leak proof
+			case <-time.After(interval):
 				runPause()
 			case <-unpauseRequests:
 				fmt.Printf("Got request\n")
 				if runtimePaused {
 					runUnpause()
-
-					// Reset once cluster has been unpaused.
-					tickerChannel.Reset(interval)
-
-					// Avoid race where tick happens before Reset call and after unPause.
-					for {
-						select {
-						case <-tickerChannel.C:
-						default:
-							break
-						}
-					}
 				}
 
 				done <- struct{}{}