Glossary
An alphabetical list of the manual's terms, each linking to the page that explains it.
A sentence per term and a link to where it is explained in full. A gentler introduction to the same words is concepts.
| Term | What it means | Where |
|---|---|---|
| admin | the role that may do everything, agents, accounts and deleting jobs included | roles |
| agent | the process on your machine that calls into Runjet for work and runs it | how an agent works |
| catch-up | one run at startup for the occurrences missed during an outage | missed runs |
| cron expression | the five fields that say when | cron |
| dispatch | a signed instruction to one agent for one run | how an agent works |
| downgrade | a move to a smaller plan, at the end of the period paid for | plans |
| enrolment | the one-off command by which an agent gains an identity | installing |
| failed | a run exited non-zero or was killed | run states |
| fan-out | a job running on each assigned agent separately | assigning agents |
| free month | thirty days on Pro with no payment | the workspace's life |
| job | a command, a schedule and agents | creating a job |
| kiosk | the dashboard for a wall, ?kiosk | kiosk mode |
| lease | an agent's hold on a run, renewed by a heartbeat | how an agent works |
| masking | replacing the values of secrets in an output with *** | job isolation |
| operator | the role that creates, edits and runs jobs | roles |
| orphaned | an agent took a run and fell silent; the outcome is unknown | run states |
| output floor | the line the output sweep does not reach past after a downgrade | output |
| pending | a run waiting for an agent to take it | run states |
| plan | Solo, Pro, Business — what Runjet will refuse | plans |
| problem | a named thing that is wrong, on the dashboard | the five bands |
| protocol window | the range of versions Runjet speaks to agents in | upgrading |
| reset (an agent's) | revoking its key and issuing a new token | resetting |
| role | what an account may do: viewer, operator, admin | roles |
| run | one execution of one job on one agent | run states |
| run now | starting a job by hand, off the schedule | running by hand |
| runjet-job | the account job commands run under on the host | job isolation |
| secret | the name of a variable; the agent holds the value | secrets |
| skipped | a run never found an agent and never ran | run states |
| slot | a job's right to run on an agent exactly once at a time | assigning agents |
| suspension | scheduling stops, reading works, a write gets a 402 | the workspace's life |
| tag | a coloured name on a job, to filter by | tags |
| tick | the moment a schedule says "now" | concepts |
| timezone | the one zone a workspace's schedules fire in, and every time is shown in | workspace settings |
| viewer | the role that reads and changes nothing | roles |
| workspace | your part of Runjet, with an address and a database of its own | what Runjet is |