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  1. ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
  2. ZBX-23470

Timeout has no effect on icmpping?

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    • 5.0.37, 6.0.21
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      Steps to reproduce:

      1. monitor "icmpping[<target host>,10,5000,,5000]"

      Result:

      This item executes fping command like "fping -c 10 -i 5000 -t 5000 <target host>".

      As it does ICMP ping 10 times every 5 seconds, this monitoring item takes at least 45 seconds.

      Timeout configuration in zabbix_server.conf accepts 30 seconds at most, and so I think the monitoring times out.

      But it does not actually time out and works fine.

      In [Zabbix docmentation|https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/6.0/en/manual/config/items/itemtypes/simple_checks,] it says

      Timeout processing
      Zabbix will not process a simple check longer than the Timeout seconds defined in the Zabbix server/proxy configuration file.

      It looks like that documentation and actual behavior are different.

      Expected:
      I can not tell if it is an implementation error or documentation error.

      icmpping monitoring should be times out, or documentation should be updated.

            mbuz Maksym Buz
            kento.takahashi Kento Takahashi
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