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title: "ktm monitors force-run"
description: "Force a monitor to run immediately, outside its normal schedule"
sidebarTitle: "force-run"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Force a monitor to run immediately, outside its normal schedule

## Usage

```bash
ktm monitors force-run <id> [flags]
```

## Examples

```bash
ktm monitors force-run 42
ktm monitors force-run 42 -o json
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Required |
| --- | --- |
| `id` | Yes |

## Details

Trigger an immediate out-of-schedule execution of a monitor.

The monitor runs once right away, regardless of its configured schedule.
Use 'monitoring-results list' with --monitor to track the execution status.

## Related

- [`ktm monitors`](/cli/commands/monitors)
- [`ktm monitoring-results list`](/cli/commands/monitoring-results/list)

<Note>
  Global flags (`--output`, `--debug`, `--host`, …) apply to every command. See the [command reference overview](/cli/commands/overview).
</Note>

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