[[watchdogDelay]]
= watchdog_delay
:author: Wojciech Kapcia <wojciech.kapcia@tigase.org>
:version: v2.1, August 2017: Reformatted for Kernel/DSL

*Default value:* `600000`

*Example:* `watchdog_delay = '30000'`

*Possible values:* 'any integer.'

*Description:* `watchdog_delay` configuration property allows configuring delay (in milliseconds) between subsequent checks that ConnectionManager Watchdog (service responsible for detecting broken connections and closing them) will use to verify the connection. In addition to global configuration presented above a per component configuration is possible:

[source,dsl]
-----
<ConnectionManager> {
  watchdog_delay = 60000L
}
-----

for example (for ClusterConnectionManager):

[source,dsl]
-----
'cl-comp' {
    watchdog_delay = 150000L
}
-----

All related configuration options:

- xref:watchdogPingType[watchdog_Ping_Type]
- watchdog_delay
- xref:watchdogTimeout[watchdog_timeout]

*Available since:* 8.0.0
