Recursive Toggle

The Recursive checkbox in a watch’s submenu toggles --recursive scope on a watch that’s already registered — something the CLI itself has no dedicated subcommand for yet (sift watch add --recursive only ever sets this once, at registration).

Live effect

Toggling it takes effect on the running daemon’s very next reconcile — no need to pause and resume the watch for it to apply.

Same strategy rules as registration

Enabling recursive scope on a watch reuses the exact same check sift watch add --recursive applies: a watch using audio, video, photos, or documents still can’t be made recursive, for the same reason it’s refused at registration — see Recursive Watch. Disabling recursive scope is always allowed, regardless of strategy.

Managing Watches — where this checkbox lives in the menu.
Recursive Watch — the underlying boundaries and strategy restrictions.