Failsafe docs: document COM_POS_LOW_EPH, COM_POS_LOW_ACT (#26508)

* Failsafe docs: document COM_POS_LOW_EPH, COM_POS_LOW_ACT

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| <a id="GF_PREDICT"></a>Preemptive geofence triggering | [GF_PREDICT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#GF_PREDICT) | (Experimental) Trigger geofence if current motion of the vehicle is predicted to trigger the breach (rather than late triggering after the breach). |
| <a id="CBRK_FLIGHTTERM"></a>Circuit breaker for flight termination | [CBRK_FLIGHTTERM](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#CBRK_FLIGHTTERM) | Enables/Disables flight termination action (disabled by default). |
## Position (GNSS) Loss Failsafe
## Position Estimation Failsafes
This section describes failsafes related to the quality of the vehicle's position estimate.
### Position Loss Failsafe
The _Position Loss Failsafe_ is triggered if the quality of the PX4 position estimate falls below acceptable levels (this might be caused by GPS loss) while in a mode that requires an acceptable position estimate.
The sections below cover first the trigger and then the failsafe action taken by the controller.
### Position Loss Failsafe Trigger
There are basically two mechanisms in PX4 to trigger position failsafes:
The position loss failsafe triggers if the position estimate becomes _invalid_. There are two mechanisms in PX4 to invalidate the position estimate:
- A timeout since the last sensor data was fused that provides direct speed or horizontal position measurements. Sensors that fall into that category are: GNSS, optical flow, airspeed, VIO, auxiliary global position.
- The estimated horizontal position accuracy exceeds a certain threshold. This check is only done on hovering systems (rotary wing vehicles or VTOLs in hover phase).
- A timeout since the last sensor data was fused that provides direct speed or horizontal position measurements.
- Sensors that fall into that category are: GNSS, optical flow, airspeed, VIO, auxiliary global position.
- The estimated horizontal position inaccuracy exceeds the threshold [COM_POS_LOW_EPH](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#COM_POS_LOW_EPH)
- This check is only done on hovering systems (rotary-wing vehicles or VTOLs in hover phase). For fixed-wing vehicles, refer to the [Position Accuracy Low](#position-accuracy-low-failsafe) section.
The relevant parameters shown below.
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Fixed-wing planes, and VTOLs not configured to land in hover ([NAV_FORCE_VT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#NAV_FORCE_VT)), have a parameter ([FW_GPSF_LT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#FW_GPSF_LT)) that defines how long they will loiter (circle with a constant roll angle ([FW_GPSF_R](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#FW_GPSF_R)) at the current altitude) after losing position before attempting to land.
If VTOLs have are configured to switch to hover for landing ([NAV_FORCE_VT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#NAV_FORCE_VT)) then they will first transition and then descend.
The relevant parameters for all vehicles shown below.
The relevant parameters are:
Parameters that only affect Fixed-wing vehicles:
| Parameter | Description |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <a id="FW_GPSF_LT"></a>[FW_GPSF_LT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#FW_GPSF_LT) | Fixed-wing only: Loiter time (waiting at current altitude for position estimation recovery before starting to descend). Set to 0 to disable. |
| <a id="FW_GPSF_R"></a>[FW_GPSF_R](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#FW_GPSF_R) | Fixed roll/bank angle while circling. |
| <a id="NAV_FORCE_VT"></a>[NAV_FORCE_VT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#NAV_FORCE_VT) | If true, force VTOL takeoff and landing, even in `Descend` failsafe. |
| Parameter | Description |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <a id="FW_GPSF_LT"></a>[FW_GPSF_LT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#FW_GPSF_LT) | Loiter time (waiting for GPS recovery before it goes into land or flight termination). Set to 0 to disable. |
| <a id="FW_GPSF_R"></a>[FW_GPSF_R](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#FW_GPSF_R) | Fixed roll/bank angle while circling. |
### Position Accuracy Low Failsafe
In Fixed-wing, the position estimate is never strictly invalidated as long as we have a horizontal aiding source, such as an airspeed sensor. In that case, a separate failsafe can be configured that triggers if the position estimate inacuraccy exceeds the threshold [COM_POS_LOW_EPH](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#COM_POS_LOW_EPH). The failsafe action is taken if the vehicle is in mission or hold mode, otherwise it is only a warning. The relevant parameters are:
| Parameter | Description |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <a id="COM_POS_LOW_EPH"></a>[COM_POS_LOW_EPH](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#COM_POS_LOW_EPH) | Position inaccuracy threshold above which COM_POS_LOW_ACT is taken. |
| <a id="COM_POS_LOW_ACT"></a>[COM_POS_LOW_ACT](../advanced_config/parameter_reference.md#COM_POS_LOW_ACT) | Failsafe action taken when position inaccuracy is above configured threshold. |
Note that if there is no horizontal aiding source anymore, the position estimate is invalidated after `EKF2_NOAID_TOUT`, and the standard position loss failsafe applies.
## Offboard Loss Failsafe