# Sensu equivalent of Nagios notification\_interval

**URL:** <https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-equivalent-of-nagios-notification-interval/23>\
**Category:** Sensu Classic (EOL)\
**Created:** [May 10, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-equivalent-of-nagios-notification-interval/23 "2013-05-10T02:03:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Miller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/joe_miller/32/160_2.png) [@Joe\_Miller](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Joe_Miller)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-equivalent-of-nagios-notification-interval/23/1 "2013-05-10T02:03:44Z")

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i believe you’re looking for the ‘occurrences’ and ‘refresh’ attributes that can be set on checks.

[http://docs.sensuapp.org/0.9/checks.html](http://docs.sensuapp.org/0.9/checks.html)

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> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
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> > Hello fellow Sensu users,
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> > We (like many others) are switching from Nagios to Sensu. I am going through the work of porting our checks to Sensu, but in doing so I have come across several checks which make use of notification\_interval. This allows us to only send repeated warning/critical alerts after a certain period has elapsed. Does Sensu have a way of doing this?
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> > Any help is appreciated!
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> > Thanks,
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> > Chris

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Armstron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/christopher_armstron/32/398_2.png) [@Christopher\_Armstron](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Christopher_Armstron)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-equivalent-of-nagios-notification-interval/23/2 "2013-05-10T02:13:39Z")

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Joe,

Appreciate the quick response! I was a bit confused by that description (“Number of seconds handlers should wait before taking second action.”), as I want checks to return to normal as soon as the underlying issue clears.

Example: If I set my check to refresh 1800, it sounds like the handler will only be notified again for that event after 30 minutes, even if the issue returns to OK a minute later. I don’t want the check to appear as critical for 29 minutes.

Does that make sense?

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> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Joe Miller [joeym@joeym.net](mailto:joeym@joeym.net) wrote:
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> > i believe you’re looking for the ‘occurrences’ and ‘refresh’ attributes that can be set on checks.
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> > [http://docs.sensuapp.org/0.9/checks.html](http://docs.sensuapp.org/0.9/checks.html)
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> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
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> > Hello fellow Sensu users,
> 
> > We (like many others) are switching from Nagios to Sensu. I am going through the work of porting our checks to Sensu, but in doing so I have come across several checks which make use of notification\_interval. This allows us to only send repeated warning/critical alerts after a certain period has elapsed. Does Sensu have a way of doing this?
> 
> > Any help is appreciated!
> 
> > 
> 
> > Thanks,
> 
> > Chris

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-equivalent-of-nagios-notification-interval/23/3 "2018-11-22T02:04:51Z")

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