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+feed.policy.name=Twitter
+
+software.failure.persist.exception=true
+software.failure.continue.on.failure=true
+hardware.failure.auto.restart=false
+
+statistics.collect=true
+statistics.collect.period=60
+statistics.collect.period.unit=sec
+
+elastic=true
+criterion.ingestion.rate.percent=true
+criterion.ingestion.rate.percent.delta=50
+
+criterion.ingestion.rate.absolute=true
+criterion.ingestion.rate.absolute.delta=2000
+criterion.ingestion.rate.absolute.unit=sec