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diff --git a/supervise-daemon-guide.md b/supervise-daemon-guide.md index 8fb02f6a..e4a7c947 100644 --- a/supervise-daemon-guide.md +++ b/supervise-daemon-guide.md @@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ respawn_max=x ``` This is the maximum number of times to respawn a supervised process -during the given respawn period. The default is unlimited. +during the given respawn period. +The default is 10. 0 means unlimited. ``` sh respawn_period=seconds @@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ respawn_period=seconds This works in conjunction with respawn_max and respawn_delay above to decide if a process should not be respawned for some reason. -For example, if respawn_period is 60, respawn_max is 2 and respawn_delay -is 3 and a process dies more than 4 times, the process will not be -respawned and the supervisor will terminate. +For example, if respawn period is 10 and respawn_max is 2, the process +would need to die 3 times within 10 seconds to no longer be respawned. +Note that respawn_delay will delay all of this, so in the above scenario +a respawn_delay of greater than 5 will cause infinite respawns. + +By default, this is unset and respawn_max applies to the entire lifetime +of the service. |