Re: [PATCH pve-docs 1/1] pvecm: config: document how to change the token coefficient

[Friedrich Weber <f.weber@proxmox.com>]

On 12/02/2026 12:59, Friedrich Weber wrote:
> New clusters are created with a lower coefficient. Users with existing
> clusters or users who prefer a different token coefficient may want to
> change the token coefficient. Hence, add a note how to change the
> token coefficient to the admin guide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Friedrich Weber <f.weber@proxmox.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     - should this already include more details (in which cases changing
>       the coefficient may be necessary?) in this first version?
>     
>     - currently, changing the token_coefficient in /etc/pve/corosync.conf
>       without a corosync restart updates token and consensus timeouts, but
>       knet_ping_timeout and knet_ping_interval are not updated, this is
>       the reason why the patch suggests a corosync restart. I filed a bug
>       for this [1] and there is a promising pull request [2] that appears
>       to fix the issue. So the question is whether we want to backport [2]
>       (when it's merged), and if yes, whether we want to remove the
>       restart suggestion from the docs.
>     
>     [1] https://github.com/corosync/corosync/issues/813
>     [2] https://github.com/corosync/corosync/pull/814

The PR was already merged, I sent a cherry-pick:
https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20260213101121.107073-1-f.weber@proxmox.com/T/