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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+"use strict";
+
+const { actionTypes: at } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://activity-stream/common/Actions.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+const lazy = {};
+
+ChromeUtils.defineESModuleGetters(lazy, {
+  clearInterval: "resource://gre/modules/Timer.sys.mjs",
+  setInterval: "resource://gre/modules/Timer.sys.mjs",
+});
+
+// Frequency at which SYSTEM_TICK events are fired
+const SYSTEM_TICK_INTERVAL = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+
+class SystemTickFeed {
+  init() {
+    this.intervalId = lazy.setInterval(
+      () => this.store.dispatch({ type: at.SYSTEM_TICK }),
+      SYSTEM_TICK_INTERVAL
+    );
+  }
+
+  onAction(action) {
+    switch (action.type) {
+      case at.INIT:
+        this.init();
+        break;
+      case at.UNINIT:
+        lazy.clearInterval(this.intervalId);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["SystemTickFeed", "SYSTEM_TICK_INTERVAL"];