LARL does run the hold retargeter every 24 hours, but we make use of
the --retarget-interval="8 days" and --soft-retarget-interval="12 hours"
flags.  This leaves a hold that is targeted to a viable copy alone unless 8
days have elapsed.  We give a site 8 days to have a chance to pull an item
or mark it missing.  Marking a copy missing triggers a retarget which
immediately targets the next best copy.

We also target holds in a specific order that always targets items at
locations that have more open hours and staff first.  So it is very
unlikely that the next choice for an available copy would be a better
choice, so there is no need to move on to the next copy quickly.

We observed some funny race conditions when we did have the system setup to
switch targeted copies every 24 hours when we first migrated.  We have 9
small sites that are only open two days a week.  And had a hold that kept
targeting copies at two of those sites every other day, which matched up
with each of their closed days, so the hold never would show up on a pull
list.

Josh

On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM Sharon Douglas via Evergreen-general <
[email protected]> wrote:

> LARL retargets holds every 24 hours.
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM misty via Evergreen-general <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> How long does a hold stay with a patrons local library before Evergreen
>> will move on to another library? This is also if our local copy is
>> available but the list has not been checked and pulled.
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
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>> https://clintonpl.lib.in.us/
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