process-poll
A deny rule by default: it refuses a process table inspected to wait on magus work the lock already reports, and names what to run instead.
What it catches
A process table inspected to wait on magus work the lock already reports.
Why
A magus run holds a project lock and announces itself, and magus status --watch=15s reads that same lock state continuously: holder PID, command, age. pgrep, pidof and ps invent a poll with no bound of its own that answers a question the lock message already answered.
Default and override
By default this rule takes the decision deny. A workspace sets it by name, in its root
magusfile, to deny, advise or off:
magus\guard.builtins({"process-poll": "advise"})
A loosening takes effect once it is committed; a tightening applies at once.
Seeing it
A verdict names its rule in brackets, which is how you got here:
deny [process-poll]: ...
A workspace that sets this rule to advise sees advise [process-poll]: ... instead.
magus describe rule process-poll prints the same entry at a terminal, and
magus describe rules lists every rule this workspace enforces.
See also
- All rules - what this workspace enforces, deny first
- The guard - how a verdict is reached and wired
- Setting a built-in rule - how a workspace changes this default