vigil_heartbeat
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'Still alive.' Reset a watchdog's timer. Call this at least once per interval. Resets the deadline and delivery state, potentially suppressing an overdue alert or rearming delivery.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| vigil_key | string | no | DEPRECATED legacy account-wide credential, including deletion and permission issuance. Prefer the client-injected HTTP Authorization: Bearer header; omit this argument when that header authenticates the request. This is not a scoped agent token. |
| name | string | yes | Watchdog name, 1..64 characters. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"vigil_key": {
"type": "string",
"deprecated": true,
"description": "DEPRECATED legacy account-wide credential, including deletion and permission issuance. Prefer the client-injected HTTP Authorization: Bearer header; omit this argument when that header authenticates the request. This is not a scoped agent token.",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 256
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "Watchdog name, 1..64 characters."
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"examples": [
{
"name": "agent-health"
}
]
}