How notifications work

Alerts are the whole point of monitoring: PageWarden watches quietly and only reaches out when it matters. This page explains when an alert fires and what to expect.

When you get alerted

PageWarden sends you two kinds of alert:

• Incident started when a monitor goes down and the failure has been confirmed.
• Incident resolved when the monitor recovers, along with how long it was down.

You are not alerted for every single failed check. PageWarden first confirms the failure across regions so a brief network blip does not become a 2 a.m. false alarm. When you get an alert, something is genuinely wrong.

What an alert contains

An alert tells you which monitor is affected, what failed, and when. On Starter and Pro, incidents also include a plain-English diagnosis of the likely cause.

Where alerts go

Every plan includes email. Paid plans add Slack, Discord, Telegram, and webhooks. You decide which monitors send to which channels. See:

Test before you rely on it

Every channel has a Send test button. Use it whenever you add a channel so you know the alert will actually reach you before a real incident happens.