constantLine (and thus threshold()) are only displaying the line about halfway through the graphs
This happens with lineMode=slope - lineMode=staircase fixes it
The pull request https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/pull/60/files fixes it for me. Haven't observed problems yet.
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This happens with lineMode=slope - lineMode=staircase fixes it