From 2f0e99e71dd6d79826218486110d798fa7fb7a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: edgarcosta Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 22:27:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] timeout setting, what it means to be silent --- docs/source/settings.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/source/settings.rst b/docs/source/settings.rst index c0354d35..75b34da7 100644 --- a/docs/source/settings.rst +++ b/docs/source/settings.rst @@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ timeout * ``-t INT, --timeout INT`` * ``30`` -Workers silent for more than this many seconds are killed and restarted. +A worker must notify the master process once per timeout interval. +If it fails do so, the worker is killed and a new worker is spawned +to replace it. Generally set to thirty seconds. Only set this noticeably higher if you're sure of the repercussions for sync workers. For the non sync