Thanks very much for the reply Brian! What would the consequences of only sending alerts a single time be?
On Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:06:19 UTC+1, Brian Brazil wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 10:00, Alex Seaton <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The docs here https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/clients/ state >> that: >> >> "Clients are expected to continuously re-send alerts as long as they are >> still active (usually on the order of 30 seconds to 3 minutes)" >> >> - Is this accurate? Using the POST /v1/alerts endpoint I tried creating >> an alert with a single request. It was created successfully and did not >> close. >> > > Yes. > > >> - If it is accurate, what does it mean? How frequently is 'continuously'? >> - How was the 30 seconds to 3 minutes interval arrived at? How is it >> configured? >> > > That's a guideline, I'd not go any longer than about a minute as otherwise > you'll have issues when the Alertmanager restarts. > > >> - How does this statement in the docs interact with the "endsAt" field in >> the payload? >> > > You should ensure that the next send happens before endsAt. > > Brian > > >> Thanks, >> >> Alex Seaton >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Prometheus Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/4d6760ae-12b5-48fe-9f2a-cfd5065f1458o%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/4d6760ae-12b5-48fe-9f2a-cfd5065f1458o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Brian Brazil > www.robustperception.io > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/372ef6a1-aee9-4610-934d-c04f6767f0fdo%40googlegroups.com.
