From f055690b34b0455a15e91cf51bb6f80e079c355e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thibault Jamet Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 11:32:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify: all rules in a group are concomitant (#8248) Improve the documentation to clarify the differences beetween rules in a group and outside a group. Signed-off-by: Thibault Jamet --- docs/configuration/recording_rules.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/configuration/recording_rules.md b/docs/configuration/recording_rules.md index 94627b629e..b64062c75f 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/recording_rules.md +++ b/docs/configuration/recording_rules.md @@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ dashboards, which need to query the same expression repeatedly every time they refresh. Recording and alerting rules exist in a rule group. Rules within a group are -run sequentially at a regular interval. The names of recording rules -must be [valid metric names](https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/data_model/#metric-names-and-labels). +run sequentially at a regular interval, with the same evaluation time. +The names of recording rules must be +[valid metric names](https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/data_model/#metric-names-and-labels). The names of alerting rules must be [valid label values](https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/data_model/#metric-names-and-labels).