Should Cron Process Start Multiple Times?

[areckethennu]

In Status > System Logs > System > General, when the normal cron process kicks off, it seems to happen multiple times. Is that expected?

Feb 22 06:15:05	php	35540	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
Feb 22 06:15:00	php	35540	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
Feb 22 05:15:05	php	93364	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
Feb 22 05:15:00	php	93364	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
Feb 22 04:15:06	php	90195	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
Feb 22 04:15:00	php	90195	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
Feb 22 03:15:05	php	68922	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
Feb 22 03:15:00	php	68922	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
Feb 22 02:15:05	php	16875	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
Feb 22 02:15:00	php	16875	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
Feb 22 01:15:05	php	18047	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
Feb 22 01:15:00	php	18047	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.

Similarly, if the cron job finds things have changed, there are multiple firewall restarts:

Feb 21 18:15:05	php	98446	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
Feb 21 18:15:00	php	98446	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
Feb 21 18:03:27	php-fpm	382	/index.php: Successful login for user 'Dave' from: 192.168.1.150 (Local Database)
Feb 21 17:15:06	php	9525	[pfBlockerNG] filterlog daemon started
Feb 21 17:15:06	tail_pfb	8748	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall Filter Service started
Feb 21 17:15:06	php_pfb	6414	[pfBlockerNG] filterlog daemon stopped
Feb 21 17:15:06	tail_pfb	6165	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall Filter Service stopped
Feb 21 17:15:06	php	24054	[pfBlockerNG] Restarting firewall filter daemon
Feb 21 17:15:06	php_pfb	1107	[pfBlockerNG] filterlog daemon stopped
Feb 21 17:15:06	tail_pfb	955	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall Filter Service stopped
Feb 21 17:15:06	check_reload_status	446	Reloading filter
Feb 21 17:15:06	php	24054	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall rule changes found, applying Filter Reload
Feb 21 17:15:06	php	24054	/usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php: Beginning configuration backup to https://acb.netgate.com/save
Feb 21 17:15:06	check_reload_status	446	Syncing firewall
Feb 21 17:15:06	php	24054	/usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php: Configuration Change: (system): pfBlockerNG: saving Firewall rules
Feb 21 17:15:00	php	24054	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.

I'm on pfSense 22.01 with pfBlockerNG-devel 3.1.0_1