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Improve "Grace Time" description in docs

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Pēteris Caune 3 years ago
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is late. Use this parameter to account for small, expected deviations in job
execution times.</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: if you use the "start" signal to <a href="../measuring_script_run_time/">measure job run times</a>,
then Grace Time also specifies how long the job is expected to run. Whenever SITE_NAME
receives a "start" signal, it expects to receive a subsequent "success" signal
within Grace Time. If the success signal does not arrive within the configured
Grace Time, SITE_NAME will mark the check as failed and send out alerts.</p>
<h2>Cron Schedules</h2>
<p>Use "cron" for monitoring processes with more complex schedules. This monitoring mode
ensures that jobs run <strong>at the correct time</strong>, and not just at correct time intervals.</p>


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is late. Use this parameter to account for small, expected deviations in job
execution times.
Note: if you use the "start" signal to [measure job run times](../measuring_script_run_time/),
then Grace Time also specifies how long the job is expected to run. Whenever SITE_NAME
receives a "start" signal, it expects to receive a subsequent "success" signal
within Grace Time. If the success signal does not arrive within the configured
Grace Time, SITE_NAME will mark the check as failed and send out alerts.
## Cron Schedules
Use "cron" for monitoring processes with more complex schedules. This monitoring mode


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