Scan Management Menu

Note

Interactively changing the scan limit follows the rules below

• Setting the limit to a number higher than the current number of directory scans allows new/waiting scans to immediately start
• Setting the limit to a number lower than the current number of directory scans does not affect scans already running. It will take effect as soon as the number of active scans drops to/below the new limit.

Consider the following example:

A scan was started with a limit of four (--scan-limit 4). The scan progresses and four directories are actively being scanned and another four are waiting to start.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 💀 Scan Management Menu 💀
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ⏳ 5 minutes remaining ⏳
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🦥 Scan limit 4; active 4 🦥
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Scans: 0: running https://example.com/ 1: running https://example.com/.git/logs/ 7: running https://example.com/api/ 8: running https://example.com/api/text/ 9: waiting https://example.com/api/image/ <-┐ 13: waiting https://example.com/api/js/ <-┤ waiting due to max limit of 4 15: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/text/ <-┤ 19: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/js/ <-┘

There are too many requests flying at once, so you decide to decrease the speed of the overall scan by decreasing the limit from four to two.

set-limit 2

At this point, there is no immediately discernable difference. The four active scans will continue to run until they complete. Once there are only two active scans left will the new limit take effect.

After the first scan completes, the number of active scans becomes 3 with a limit of 2.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 💀 Scan Management Menu 💀
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ⏳ 5 minutes remaining ⏳
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🦥 Scan limit 2; active 3 🦥
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Scans: 0: complete https://example.com/ 1: running https://example.com/.git/logs/ 7: running https://example.com/api/ 8: running https://example.com/api/text/ 9: waiting https://example.com/api/image/
13: waiting https://example.com/api/js/
15: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/text/
19: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/js/

After the second scan completes, the number of active scans becomes 2 with a limit of 2.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 💀 Scan Management Menu 💀
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ⏳ 5 minutes remaining ⏳
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🦥 Scan limit 2; active 2 🦥
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Scans: 0: complete https://example.com/ 1: complete https://example.com/.git/logs/ 7: running https://example.com/api/ 8: running https://example.com/api/text/ 9: waiting https://example.com/api/image/
13: waiting https://example.com/api/js/
15: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/text/
19: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/js/

When the third scan completes, the first waiting scan can start; the active scans remains 2 with a limit of 2.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 💀 Scan Management Menu 💀
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ⏳ 5 minutes remaining ⏳
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🦥 Scan limit 2; active 2 🦥
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Scans: 0: complete https://example.com/ 1: complete https://example.com/.git/logs/ 7: complete https://example.com/api/ 8: running https://example.com/api/text/ 9: running https://example.com/api/image/ <– started after third scan completed 13: waiting https://example.com/api/js/
15: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/text/
19: waiting https://example.com/api/experiments/js/