# \#alerts **URL:** https://community.netdata.cloud/tag/alerts/79.md [Latest](https://community.netdata.cloud/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.netdata.cloud/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.netdata.cloud/tags.md) --- ## [netdata\_updater triggers error email due to progress bar being enabled for an empty file](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-updater-triggers-error-email-due-to-progress-bar-being-enabled-for-an-empty-file/7986)
**Author:** [@etoel](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/etoel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-updater-triggers-error-email-due-to-progress-bar-being-enabled-for-an-empty-file/7986 "2026-06-07T09:03:10Z")
Note: This is not an error - just annoying to get the emails Problem/Question The netdata\_updater that runs daily (cron) recently added .currently.published platform check, which uses \_safe\_download with curl’s progres… --- ## [Impossible to set GPU Alerts](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/impossible-to-set-gpu-alerts/7866)
**Author:** [@JanItor](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/JanItor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/impossible-to-set-gpu-alerts/7866 "2025-12-28T19:20:41Z")
Hey All! I’ve been wrestling with this for about 6 hours now and still can’t get this GPU alert to work. I’m starting to think it might actually be impossible! ^^ Using netdata v2.8.4, agent only, Ubuntu Having Nv… --- ## [Alert if node is offline](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-if-node-is-offline/7542)
**Author:** [@MarcelSchober](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/MarcelSchober)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-if-node-is-offline/7542 "2025-12-23T11:38:51Z")
Hi, (I´m a new Netdata business cloud customer) I´m wondering how to configure Netdata cloud to alert me, when a node becomes offline. I couldn´t find any howtos … Thanks and Regards Marcels --- ## [Need help creating an alert for unexpected MongoDB database size changes](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/need-help-creating-an-alert-for-unexpected-mongodb-database-size-changes/7838)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/need-help-creating-an-alert-for-unexpected-mongodb-database-size-changes/7838 "2025-12-02T18:41:47Z")
I would like assistance creating a Netdata alert to detect unexpected changes in MongoDB database size. I’m using the MongoDB collector, and my goal is to trigger an alert only when the database size presents sudden gro… --- ## [Alert notifications when checks already disabled](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-notifications-when-checks-already-disabled/7690)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-notifications-when-checks-already-disabled/7690 "2025-07-08T14:41:26Z")
Hello Team, We are receiving alert notifications even when we have already disabled them. For example, when we apply OS updates on the servers, with Netdata checks disabled, we receive Postgres service down alert notifi… --- ## [How can i mute or silent disk alerts for mounted voulmes](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-can-i-mute-or-silent-disk-alerts-for-mounted-voulmes/7518)
**Author:** [@Ori](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Ori)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-can-i-mute-or-silent-disk-alerts-for-mounted-voulmes/7518 "2025-04-24T15:17:49Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve been trying to mute or silence disk alerts for specific mounted volumes, but it hasn’t worked for me. For example, I have a mounted volume like this: x:x:x:x:/folder1 2T 1T 1T 50% /mount… --- ## [Specific alerts for a separate notification channel](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/specific-alerts-for-a-separate-notification-channel/7366)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/specific-alerts-for-a-separate-notification-channel/7366 "2025-02-25T08:10:26Z")
Hello Team, We need to notify another work team about a specific alert. Is there a way to set up a notification channel using a separate notification group or role? We are trying to use Rocket.Chat to send those notifi… --- ## [Unreachable alerts caused by Netdata version update](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unreachable-alerts-caused-by-netdata-version-update/7347)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unreachable-alerts-caused-by-netdata-version-update/7347 "2025-02-21T20:00:30Z")
Hello Team, I would like to know if there is a setting we can manage to disable the automatic deployment of Netdata versions on our nodes. This is triggering alerts that wake us up in the middle of the night due to fals… --- ## [Alert status escalation](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-status-escalation/6027)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-status-escalation/6027 "2024-12-03T17:15:33Z")
Hello Team, We would like to enhance an alert for monitoring PostgreSQL replication slots by raising a warning if the condition persists for 6 hours and escalating to critical if it persists for 24 hours, based on the f… --- ## [Alert notification after turning silencing rule off](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-notification-after-turning-silencing-rule-off/5772)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-notification-after-turning-silencing-rule-off/5772 "2024-11-18T12:43:02Z")
I would like to silence alert notifications when entering a maintenance window, so I tried using Notification Silencing Rules. After turning the silencing rule off, I expected to receive notifications for the still-acti… --- ## [ROLLBACK statements found on postgresql.log](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/rollback-statements-found-on-postgresql-log/5860)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/rollback-statements-found-on-postgresql-log/5860 "2024-11-14T18:24:48Z")
Hello! We have found several “ROLLBACK” statements in the postgresql.log on all nodes in the cluster. Example: 2024-09-27 00:22:01 UTC pid=\[21967\]\[5\] db=\[DataBaseName\] usr=\[netdata\] client=\[localhost\] app=\[\[unknown\]\]… --- ## [Hide Windows EFI and recovery partitions from disk\_space\_usage](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hide-windows-efi-and-recovery-partitions-from-disk-space-usage/5947)
**Author:** [@etoel](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/etoel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hide-windows-efi-and-recovery-partitions-from-disk-space-usage/5947 "2024-11-09T16:30:01Z")
I recently installed the windows client on my Win 11 Pro machine. I immediately got a warning about space usage on harddiskvolume 4 - and I tracked that down to being the recovery partition on my boot drive, I have no w… --- ## [Alarm not overriding template alerting rules](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alarm-not-overriding-template-alerting-rules/5901)
**Author:** [@BrainStone](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/BrainStone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alarm-not-overriding-template-alerting-rules/5901 "2024-10-11T10:35:10Z")
So I am trying to increase the thresholds for alerting for a specific label. So I dig through the documentation and come across that if a template and an alarm with the same name exists, the alarm will be preferred if bo… --- ## [Netdata agent dashboard does not show active alerts in alerts tab (v1.47.1).](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-dashboard-does-not-show-active-alerts-in-alerts-tab-v1-47-1/5816)
**Author:** [@boasmeier](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/boasmeier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-dashboard-does-not-show-active-alerts-in-alerts-tab-v1-47-1/5816 "2024-09-19T09:00:01Z")
Problem/Question Hi, On the local netdata agent dashboard in the alerts tab I used to be able to see all raised alerts but also all clear alerts per node. Today I recognized, that only raised alerts are shown (see scree… --- ## [UDP port monitoring](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/udp-port-monitoring/5738)
**Author:** [@enkaskal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/enkaskal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/udp-port-monitoring/5738 "2024-09-19T00:02:17Z")
is it possible to add a UDP port monitor? I’ve looked through the documentation and google, but the best I could come up with is a ~7y old github issue saying that “we” should have generic protocol support. Specifically: … --- ## [Oops, something unexpected happened! Error when opening alerts tab on netdata agent dashboard (v1.47.1).](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/oops-something-unexpected-happened-error-when-opening-alerts-tab-on-netdata-agent-dashboard-v1-47-1/5812)
**Author:** [@boasmeier](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/boasmeier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/oops-something-unexpected-happened-error-when-opening-alerts-tab-on-netdata-agent-dashboard-v1-47-1/5812 "2024-09-18T16:17:20Z")
Problem/Question Hi, Today suddenly I started to receive the following error message: “Oops, something unexpected happened!” when opening the alerts tab on the local netdata agent dashboard. I can’t see any relevant log… --- ## [Unable to add or edit health checks from WebUI (Plan: Business)](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-add-or-edit-health-checks-from-webui-plan-business/5672)
**Author:** [@Alessio\_C](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Alessio_C)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-add-or-edit-health-checks-from-webui-plan-business/5672 "2024-08-28T10:38:29Z")
Suggested template: Problem/Question Unable to edit or create new health checks via WEBUI Relevant docs you followed/actions you took to solve the issue Environment/Browser/Agent’s version etc Netdata 1.46.3 2 Par… --- ## [using wildcards in alarms](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/using-wildcards-in-alarms/5723)
**Author:** [@enkaskal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/enkaskal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/using-wildcards-in-alarms/5723 "2024-08-26T09:46:22Z")
I have the following alarm that’s working: alarm: vault\_sealed on: statsd\_vault.core.unsealed.vault-cluster-abcde123\_gauge lookup: average -5s units: % every: 1s warn: $this \> 0 crit: $this \> 0 … --- ## [How to debug missed local and cloud notifications?](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-debug-missed-local-and-cloud-notifications/5669)
**Author:** [@ow-blaze-v](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ow-blaze-v)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-debug-missed-local-and-cloud-notifications/5669 "2024-08-19T13:41:25Z")
I’m experiencing missed notifications, I believe, on at least one of our nodes. How do I debug and make sure that both local and cloud notifications are being sent? eg. Local and cloud notifications are somettimes inco… --- ## [health api - reset specific silenced/disabled alerts](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/health-api-reset-specific-silenced-disabled-alerts/5655)
**Author:** [@enkaskal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/enkaskal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/health-api-reset-specific-silenced-disabled-alerts/5655 "2024-08-15T00:24:52Z")
Problem/Question I’m trying to coordinate silencing/disabling specific alerts during maintenance, and following the documentation (Health API Calls | Learn Netdata) the silencing/disabling part seems to be working fine; … --- ## [Netdata Metric Section - Favourites](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-metric-section-favourites/5626)
**Author:** [@alexemerson](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/alexemerson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-metric-section-favourites/5626 "2024-07-24T03:32:43Z")
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add specific metrics/sections to what I see on the netdata demo to be a favorites section. For example, if you open the demo environment, navigate to the CoreDNS room and select t… --- ## [Unable to disable alarms](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-disable-alarms/5607)
**Author:** [@Inamati](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Inamati)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-disable-alarms/5607 "2024-07-18T11:09:13Z")
Hello, I am running 6 nodes in a Parent - Child configuration and I want to keep the metrics but disable the alarms on some of them. For instance, if I want to disable the used swap alert, according to the documentatio… --- ## [Docker Container down Alert configuration](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/docker-container-down-alert-configuration/5578)
**Author:** [@zerondevops](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/zerondevops)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/docker-container-down-alert-configuration/5578 "2024-07-09T12:38:14Z")
I want to configure an alert for any Docker container that goes down using the Netdata stable client. I will share a metrics snapshot from the Netdata dashboard. --- ## [alert definition preview not working](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-definition-preview-not-working/5503)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Simich](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Eric_Simich)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-definition-preview-not-working/5503 "2024-06-28T09:04:30Z")
Bug description When creating an alert (manage alerts window) the definition preview is unavailable now. Additional context The preview was working as of 31 May, 2024. It appears there was an update/change over the week… --- ## [Question about on-demand silencing of alerts in parent-child setup](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/question-about-on-demand-silencing-of-alerts-in-parent-child-setup/5539)
**Author:** [@mscOT](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/mscOT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/question-about-on-demand-silencing-of-alerts-in-parent-child-setup/5539 "2024-06-13T14:59:26Z")
Our Setup We’re using Docker Swarm to deploy a whole stack of containers to a variety of nodes, some in a datacenter and some in the cloud. We use Netdata as one of these containers, so every node has one netdata-collect… --- ## [Alert when non-ephemeral nodes go stale](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-when-non-ephemeral-nodes-go-stale/5108)
**Author:** [@mkesper](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/mkesper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-when-non-ephemeral-nodes-go-stale/5108 "2024-04-05T07:38:07Z")
Problem/Question Two nodes configured, one as child and one as parent. Configured alerts and notifications are working properly. No alert is triggered when the child cannot reach the parent, though. Relevant docs you fo… --- ## [Alerts to Alerta, warning ones](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alerts-to-alerta-warning-ones/5210)
**Author:** [@RandomNet](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/RandomNet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alerts-to-alerta-warning-ones/5210 "2024-03-04T11:44:44Z")
Hello, I successfuly deployed sending alerts to Alerta, but there are only Critical ones are being sent. How can I politely ask netdata to send also Warnings? --- ## [corrupted ECC Memory check](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/corrupted-ecc-memory-check/5062)
**Author:** [@chris2506](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/chris2506)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/corrupted-ecc-memory-check/5062 "2024-01-19T16:48:19Z")
Hi! Yesterday I got a warning about the ecc memory. Then the module was replaced but the warning is still here. The edac utils on Linux also shows no ecc errors at all. /proc/meminfo says HardwareCorrupted 0kb. And als… --- ## [Alert if any systemd service is in failed state](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-if-any-systemd-service-is-in-failed-state/5053)
**Author:** [@martinstenrose](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/martinstenrose)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/alert-if-any-systemd-service-is-in-failed-state/5053 "2024-01-18T10:42:34Z")
Hi, I’m new to Netdata and have a question that I hope anyone can assist with. I want to alert if any systemd service enters failed state. There is already a collector (hoping that’s the correct terminology) for this a… --- ## [Telegram not receiving some alerts while gotify works ok](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/telegram-not-receiving-some-alerts-while-gotify-works-ok/5042)
**Author:** [@enrirollins](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/enrirollins)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/telegram-not-receiving-some-alerts-while-gotify-works-ok/5042 "2024-01-14T13:48:35Z")
Problem/Question Hi, I start by saying I’ve read the following topic But I couldn’t relate the answers to what I’m looking for. I activated two alerts’ channels telegram bot gotify Some alerts are not sent to the… [Next page](https://community.netdata.cloud/tag/alerts/79.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=alerts)