12573: Update documentation describing interpretation of priority

[arvados.git] / doc / api / methods / containers.html.textile.liquid

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@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Generally this will contain additional keys that are not present in any correspo
 |output|string|Portable data hash of the output collection.|Null if the container is not yet finished.|
 |container_image|string|Portable data hash of a collection containing the docker image used to run the container.||
 |progress|number|A number between 0.0 and 1.0 describing the fraction of work done.||
-|priority|integer|Priority assigned by the system, taking into account the priorities of all associated ContainerRequests.||
+|priority|integer|Range 0-1000.  Indicate scheduling order preference.|Assigned by the system as the max() of the priorities of all associated ContainerRequests.  See "below for more details":#priority .|
 |exit_code|integer|Process exit code.|Null if state!="Complete"|
 |auth_uuid|string|UUID of a token to be passed into the container itself, used to access Keep-backed mounts, etc.|Null if state∉{"Locked","Running"}|
 |locked_by_uuid|string|UUID of a token, indicating which dispatch process changed state to Locked. If null, any token can be used to lock. If not null, only the indicated token can modify this container.|Null if state∉{"Locked","Running"}|