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diff --git a/doc/v7compatibility.html b/doc/v7compatibility.html index 692a4fe..8834cd5 100644 --- a/doc/v7compatibility.html +++ b/doc/v7compatibility.html @@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ They tell that the construct is deprecated and which statement is to be used as replacement. This does <b>not</b> affect operations: both modules are still fully operational and will not be removed in the v7 timeframe. +<h2>Retries of output plugins that do not do proper replies</h2> +<p>Some output plugins may not be able to detect if their target is capable of +accepting data again after an error (technically, they always return OK when +TryResume is called). Previously, the rsyslog core engine suspended such an action +after 1000 succesive failures. This lead to potentially a large amount of +errors and error messages. Starting with 7.2.1, this has been reduced to 10 +successive failures. This still gives the plugin a chance to recover. In extreme +cases, a plugin may now enter suspend mode where it previously did not do so. +In practice, we do NOT expect that. + <p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> Copyright © 2011-2012 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and |