docs: Add admonition about low poll intervals with the default spider…

…queue, closes #475
scrapy · May 31, 2024 · f7eaea3 · f7eaea3
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@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ The interval used to poll queues, in seconds.
 Defaults to ``5.0``.
 Can be a float, such as ``0.2``
 
+.. attention::
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+   It is not recommended to use a low interval like 0.1 when using the default :ref:`spiderqueue`. Consider a custom queue based on `queuelib <https://github.com/scrapy/queuelib>`__.
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