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# /etc/memwatch.conf -- see README for the reasoning behind each number.

# --- when to wake up --------------------------------------------------------
# Kernel PSI trigger. Fires when *every* runnable task was stalled on memory
# for warn_stall_us out of each warn_window_us. 100ms/1s == 10% of wall time
# lost to reclaim, which is roughly where a desktop starts feeling sticky.
# Raise warn_stall_us if you get woken during normal heavy builds.
warn_stall_us  = 100000
warn_window_us = 1000000

# --- when to stop asking and just kill --------------------------------------
# full avg10, as a percentage, sustained for kill_hold_s consecutive seconds.
# 25% held for 4s is not a spike, it is a machine going down.
kill_avg10   = 25.0
kill_hold_s  = 4

# How long the dialog waits for you. Timing out means kill.
dialog_timeout_s = 20

# Don't act twice inside this window.
cooldown_s = 15

# --- who is eligible --------------------------------------------------------
min_victim_mb = 300
scan_slices   = /user.slice
protect = niri,cosmic-comp,cosmic-session,cosmic-greeter,cosmic-panel,cosmic-bg,systemd,dbus-daemon,dbus-broker,pipewire,wireplumber,sshd,memwatchd,Xwayland

# Leave blank to autodetect the owner of the graphical session.
notify_user =

# Log what it *would* do and touch nothing. Start here.
dry_run = 1