# Crash loop

> A process that starts, crashes and is restarted repeatedly, usually after a bad deploy or a missing configuration value.

URL: https://pagerless.dev/glossary/crash-loop
Updated: 2026-10-22

## In Pagerless

3 or more restarts is a floor.

## Related terms

- [Floor signal](https://pagerless.dev/glossary/floor): A Pagerless term: a signal that always wakes someone and can never be played down by the AI
- [Rollback](https://pagerless.dev/glossary/rollback): Returning a service to its previous known-good version after a bad deploy.