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Alert me when data goes stale, not just when it disconnects

NNightOwl_Yuki· May 2026 ago done· 👍 4· 💬 6
Disconnection is loud. The dangerous state is quieter: connected, but nothing arriving. What I'd like is a configurable staleness alert — if no update has arrived for N seconds during hours I've marked as active, tell me. For a liquid symbol during active hours, silence is information. This came out of the status-indicator bug thread, but I think it belongs as a real feature rather than just a fix to the light. The indicator tells me when I look. An alert tells me when I'm asleep.
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GapHunterMike· May 2026 ago
"the indicator tells me when i look, an alert tells me when i'm asleep" — that's the whole argument.
TraderWeTraderWe Team· May 2026 ago
Agreed these are two different needs and the fix to the indicator doesn't cover the second one. Noting it separately.
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MomoQueen· Jun 2026 ago
Yes! Silence during active hours is a signal, not a null! Would want the N to be per-symbol though, my momo names tick constantly but I hold a couple slow ones that would spam me all day.
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RiskFirstRita· Jun 2026 ago· edited Aug 2026 ago
Sensible ask. I'd add it to the pre-market checklist as a thing you confirm is armed, same as you'd confirm your stops, an alert you never tested is just a feeling. And if it fires, the response should be pre-decided, not improvised at 3am.
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NightOwl_Yuki· Jun 2026 ago· edited Aug 2026 ago
@MomoQueen yeah per-symbol thresholds is the right shape, one global number would either be useless or annoying. And Rita, agreed on testing, I'd want a way to deliberately trigger it once so I know the notification actually reaches my phone in silent mode.
MLcurious· Jun 2026 ago· edited Aug 2026 ago
Dumb question maybe. How would it tell the difference between the feed being broken and a symbol just genuinely not trading for a bit? Or is that the point of only enabling it on liquid stuff during hours you picked?
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