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P4 Server Administration Documentation | 2025.2

# Enable idle processes monitoring

By default, `IDLE` processes, which are often associated with custom applications based on the C/C++ API, are not included in the output of p4 monitor. To include idle processes in the default output of `p4 monitor`, use monitoring level `2`.

    $ p4 configure set monitor=2

To display idle processes, use the command:

    $ p4 monitor show -s I

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