From 4f1f020fe5e695105a0bee4511feed159f416842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Robinson Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:21:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Update docs on inheritance for time intervals (#3472) This commit updates the docs on inheritance for group_wait, group_interval and repeat_interval. Signed-off-by: George Robinson --- docs/configuration.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md index c81a26e17a..c1de6b1963 100644 --- a/docs/configuration.md +++ b/docs/configuration.md @@ -185,15 +185,18 @@ matchers: # How long to initially wait to send a notification for a group # of alerts. Allows to wait for an inhibiting alert to arrive or collect # more initial alerts for the same group. (Usually ~0s to few minutes.) +# If omitted, child routes inherit the group_wait of the parent route. [ group_wait: | default = 30s ] # How long to wait before sending a notification about new alerts that # are added to a group of alerts for which an initial notification has -# already been sent. (Usually ~5m or more.) +# already been sent. (Usually ~5m or more.) If omitted, child routes +# inherit the group_interval of the parent route. [ group_interval: | default = 5m ] # How long to wait before sending a notification again if it has already -# been sent successfully for an alert. (Usually ~3h or more). +# been sent successfully for an alert. (Usually ~3h or more). If omitted, +# child routes inherit the repeat_interval of the parent route. # Note that this parameter is implicitly bound by Alertmanager's # `--data.retention` configuration flag. Notifications will be resent after either # repeat_interval or the data retention period have passed, whichever