diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 3d93ec1fc1..1ea8d0729a 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -213,6 +213,18 @@
   - config
   - distgit
 
+- name: dumps the state of the repos in JSON
+  cron:
+    name: "dumps the state of the repos in JSON"
+    job: "repospanner --config /etc/pagure/repospanner-admin.yml admin repo list --json |  python -m json.tool > /srv/cache/extras/repoinfo.json"
+    hour: */2
+    minute: 5
+    state: present
+  when: env == "staging"
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - distgit
+
 # -- Gitolite --------------------------------------------
 # This is the permission management for package maintainers, using Gitolite.
 - name: create the /var/log/gitolite directory