Alerts

Configure alert rules, notification channels, and escalation policies.

Overview

Alerts notify your team when conditions are met — pipeline failures, data quality issues, agent disconnects, or custom metric thresholds.

Alert Rules

Navigate to Operate > Alerts to manage rules.

Creating a Rule

1. Click Create Alert Rule
2. Define the condition (e.g., “pipeline X has been stopped for > 5 minutes”)
3. Set severity: info, warning, critical
4. Choose notification channels
5. Configure cooldown period
6. Save

Condition Types

Notification Channels

Adding a Channel

1. Go to Alerts > Channels
2. Click Add Channel
3. Select the type and fill in configuration
4. Send a test notification to verify
5. Save

Escalation Policies

For critical alerts, define escalation:

1. Create an escalation policy with ordered steps
2. Each step specifies a channel and a delay (e.g., “if not acknowledged in 15 minutes, notify PagerDuty”)
3. Attach the policy to alert rules

Alert History

View all fired alerts with:

Actions

Cooldown

Set a cooldown period on alert rules to prevent notification flooding. During cooldown, the rule will not fire again even if the condition remains true.