Understand source health and data freshness

Source health tells you whether the connection can complete its expected work. Freshness tells you how old the latest successful evidence is. A connection can be reachable while evidence is delayed, and old evidence can remain visible after a connection fails.

Expected timing varies by provider and evidence type. Judge freshness against the agreed collection interval, not one universal time limit.

• Current connection state and the time it last changed.
• Last successful collection and the expected next collection.
• Included scope, skipped records, partial results, and provider limits.
• Whether downstream findings and views show the same freshness warning.
• Who owns the connection and the approved escalation path.

Record when the problem began, the affected scope, the last known good collection, recent provider or credential changes, and the visible error without including secrets. Treat decisions that depend on the missing evidence as partial until the connection and coverage are verified again.