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Reintroduce “From now for” option for setting downtimes (removed in 2.3)

Up to Checkmk version 2.2, the downtime command included the option “From now for”, which started a downtime at the moment of confirmation and allowed defining its ...
Suggested by: Hardy Düttmann (15 Jan) Upvoted: 03 Mar Comments: 2
Clarification required Monitoring commands

Set the downtime/maintenance flag directly on a (windows) host

Since maintenance work is often started on the server and the need to put the server into maintenance mode is only realized afterward, a small program or tool (or an ...
Suggested by: Alexander Baumann (16 Dec, '25) Upvoted: 28 Jan Comments: 1
Under consideration Monitoring commands

Edit Downtime

If an Downtime gets edited the original Downtime should be prefilled to make it easier to just edit a few digits instead of entering everything again
Suggested by: Michael Ebert (08 Oct, '25) Upvoted: 16 Jan Comments: 0
Under consideration Monitoring commands

Set maximum Downtime length

At the moment the User can set a downtime for a long time, for example a user can set a downtime for a host or service until 2030 or later and some users will do that ...
Suggested by: Max (31 Jul, '25) Upvoted: 07 Oct, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration Monitoring commands

Improve Recurring downtimes with option to use Time Periods, just startif a host go down ...

Recurring downtimes Host/Services require extended configuration options: 1. use of time periods - e.g. every 4th Sunday of the month or every 3. Sunday of ...
Suggested by: Bernd Holzhauer (24 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 11 May Comments: 4
Under consideration Monitoring commands