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+## Health Check Thresholds
+
+Thresholds are evaluated in `health_check.py`. All load thresholds use **per-core** metrics
+to avoid false positives from LXC containers (which see the Proxmox host's aggregate load).
+
+### Load Average
+
+| Metric | Value | Rationale |
+|--------|-------|-----------|
+| `LOAD_WARN_PER_CORE` | `0.7` | Elevated — investigate if sustained |
+| `LOAD_CRIT_PER_CORE` | `1.0` | Saturated — CPU is a bottleneck |
+| Sample window | 5-minute | Filters transient spikes (not 1-minute) |
+
+**Formula**: `load_per_core = load_5m / nproc`
+
+**Why per-core?** Proxmox LXC containers see the host's aggregate load average via the
+shared kernel. A 32-core Proxmox host at load 9 is at 0.28/core (healthy), but a naive
+absolute threshold of 2× would trigger at 9 for a 4-core LXC. Using `load_5m / nproc`
+where `nproc` returns the host's visible core count gives the correct ratio.
+
+**Validation examples**:
+- Proxmox host: load 9 / 32 cores = 0.28/core → no alert ✓
+- VM 116 at 0.75/core → warning ✓ (above 0.7 threshold)
+- VM at 1.1/core → critical ✓
+
+### Other Thresholds
+
+| Check | Threshold | Notes |
+|-------|-----------|-------|
+| Zombie processes | 5 | Single zombies are transient noise; alert only if ≥ 5 |
+| Swap usage | 30% of total swap | Percentage-based to handle varied swap sizes across hosts |
+| Disk warning | 85% | |
+| Disk critical | 95% | |
+| Memory | 90% | |
+| Uptime alert | Non-urgent Discord post | Not a page-level alert |
+
 ## Related
 
 - [monitoring/CONTEXT.md](../CONTEXT.md) — Overall monitoring architecture