This is by design. As you have mentioned you can tweak the Max check attention to trigger hard state change soon after a soft state transition <div class="gmail_quote">On May 17, 2011 12:20 AM, "Paul M. Dubuc" <<a href="mailto:work@paul.dubuc.org">work@paul.dubuc.org</a>> wrote: > This isn't explicitly stated in the documentation, but it seems that flap > detection state changes only apply to HARD states. So it's possible that a > service check and toggle back and forth indefinitely between OK and not OK > (unless max_check_attempts is set to 1) and flapping will not be detected. I > tested this with a service that does this and verified the behavior. The Last > State Change time gets updated with each SOFT state change, but the % state > change for flap detection remains at 0% until I set max_check_attempts to 1 > and let it toggle between hard state changes. > > Is this a bug or is it by design? Is there a way to include SOFT state > transitions in flap detection? > > I'm using Nagios Core 3.2.3. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay">http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay</a> > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </div>