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[DOCv2] Temporarily disable Kibana Rules (#126869)
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πŸ‘‹πŸΌ @gchaps asked me to file a new PR since my last
#122573 got too far behind.

## Summary

πŸ™πŸΌ per #116017, adds insight on how to temporarily disable Kibana Rules
for clusters which need breathing room.

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Co-authored-by: Kibana Machine <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Lisa Cawley <[email protected]>
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* <<event-log-index,Querying event log index>>
* <<testing-connectors,Testing connectors using {connectors-ui} UI and the `kbn-action` tool>>

[discrete]
[[alerting-kibana-throttle]]
==== Temporarily throttle all tasks

If cluster performance becomes degraded from excessive or expensive rules and {kib} is sluggish or unresponsive, you can temporarily reduce load to the Task Manager by updating its <<task-manager-settings-kb,settings>>:

[source,txt]
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xpack.task_manager.max_workers: 1
xpack.task_manager.poll_interval: 1h
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[WARNING]
====
This approach should be used only temporarily as a last resort to restore function to {kib} when it is unresponsive and attempts to identify and <<controlling-rules,snooze or disable>> slow-running rules have not fixed the situation.
It severely throttles all background tasks, not just those relating to {alert-features}. The task manager will run only one task at a time and will look for more work each hour.
====

[discrete]
[[alerting-limitations]]
=== Limitations

The following limitations and known problems apply to the {version} release of
the {kib} {alert-features}.
the {kib} {alert-features}:

[discrete]
==== Alert visibility
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include::troubleshooting/alerting-common-issues.asciidoc[]
include::troubleshooting/event-log-index.asciidoc[]
include::troubleshooting/testing-connectors.asciidoc[]

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