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currently there's no mechanism to add a LIFETIME to the status report. It defaults to 30 Minutes. Is it possible to add this option?

(From the xymon man page)
status[+LIFETIME][/group:GROUP] HOSTNAME.TESTNAME COLOR
This sends in a status message for a single test (column) on a single host. TESTNAME is the name of the column where this test will show up; any name is valid except that using dots in the testname will not work. COLOR must be one of the valid colors: "green", "yellow", "red" or "clear". The colors "blue" and "purple" - although valid colors - should not be sent in a status message, as these are handled specially by the Xymon server. As a special case (for supporting older clients), "client" can be used as the name of the color. This causes the status message to be handled by Xymon as a "client" data message, and the TESTNAME parameter is used as the "collector id".
The "additional text" normally includes a local timestamp and a summary of the test result on the first line. Any lines following the first one are free-form, and can include any information that may be useful to diagnose the problem being reported.
The LIFETIME defines how long this status is valid after being received by the Xymon server. The default is 30 minutes, but you can set any period you like. E.g. for a custom test that runs once an hour, you will want to set this to at least 60 minutes - otherwise the status will go purple after 30 minutes. It is a good idea to set the LIFETIME to slightly longer than the interval between your tests, to allow for variations in the time it takes your test to complete. The LIFETIME is in minutes, unless you add an "h" (hours), "d" (days) or "w" (weeks) immediately after the number, e.g. "status+5h" for a status that is valid for 5 hours.
The GROUP option is used to direct alerts from the status to a specific group. It is currently used for status generated from the Xymon clients' data, e.g. to direct alerts for a "procs" status to different people, depending on exactly which process is down.

LGTM reports some errors of type "Explicit export is not defined".
These seems to be false positives, but can be perhaps resolved by reorganizing the code.