Introduction

Checks if the count of running tasks in a service is matching your expectation.

It compares the count of running tasks in a service with the desired count. It, therefore, assumes that the specified mode (see below) becomes true within the specified timeout.

Use Cases

• Check if the running count is equal to the desired count
• Check if the running count is below the desired count
• Check if there is at least one running task
• Check if the running count increases
• Check if the running count decreased

Parameters

Service Task Count

You can use the service task count check in one of the following modes:

• running count = desired count: Can be used to assure that the amount of desired tasks is equal to the actual running tasks in a service. Helpful to check e.g. after an attack whether tasks are recovering.
• running count > 0: To assure that at least one task is available in a service to handle load.
• running count < desired count: To make sure that tasks in a service matching the check's query are below the specified running count. This can be helpful in case you want to verify that attacks lead to restarts of tasks.
• running count increases: Check if the running task count in a service increases compared to the actual number of running tasks when you started the action.
• running count decreases: Check if the running task count decreases compared to the actual number of running tasks when you started the action.