Azure-devops-docs: No description of "Maintenance"

[taspeotis]

If I don't schedule a maintenance window, when will the agents run maintenance?
If no window is scheduled, then the agents in that pool will not run the maintenance job.

What is maintenance? I came to this page after discovering the option to schedule maintenance for our self-hosted agents, but it's not clear to me what benefit or detriment it will have. It seems off by default and they're running just fine without it.

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• ID: 4409a9cb-8448-edd6-da0a-243e5601aa3e
• Version Independent ID: ec15f71a-a76d-c3f9-1d31-832f92183ef4
• Content: Agents pools - Azure Pipelines
• Content Source: docs/pipelines/agents/pools-queues.md
• Product: devops
• Technology: devops-cicd-agents
• GitHub Login: @steved0x
• Microsoft Alias: sdanie

[WilliamAntonRohm]

Thanks for your question. It looks like you're working through an issue with your scenario or implementation, rather than an issue with the documentation. Here are a couple of options where you might consider asking your question:

• Azure DevOps Support Bot
• Azure DevOps on Stack Overflow

[taspeotis]

No, I’m asking where is the documentation for maintenance. This page mentions it obliquely without telling me what it is and why I’d want to enable it.

[WilliamAntonRohm]

@taspeotis -- Todd, thank you for clarifying. My apologies for the delay in responding.

@steved0x -- Steve, please look into this issue.

[cxwtool]

This issue hasn't been updated in more than 180 days, so we've closed it. If you feel the issue is still relevant and needs fixed, please reopen it and we'll take another look. We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience.

[taspeotis]

I’ve reviewed the page and the FAQ describes maintenance now. Thank you.