What triggers a new notification
Airbrake will send you a new error notification when:
- a new error is received
- a new occurrence of an error previously marked as resolved is received
- an error group reaches a high volume threshold (see high volume notifications section for more info)
- the "only send digest emails" profile setting is not enabled
When an error comes in, we review information about the error to determine whether the error is a new error entirely, or just another occurrence of an error we’ve previously seen. To learn more about what creates a new error group, check out our doc on error grouping.
What is a notification?
A notification can be:
- Your personal email notifications
- Your team’s messaging (eg: Slack) notifications
- Or your project’s webhook integration if enabled
Resolved notices
If you resolve an error group from within the application, don’t worry – if it comes in again, we’ll “unresolve” it, and send you another notification to indicate that it’s been reopened. This is part of the benefit and purpose behind the resolved feature. You should be able to remove from your immediate view anything you believe is dealt with, but have the confidence to know that you’ll see it again if it’s actually not done with, or it comes up again in the future because of further changes.
To cut down on noise, Airbrake will not send you a new email notification for an error if you have already received an email for that error less than one minute ago.
Error severity
Errors with a severity of debug,
info, notice, or warning will not trigger a notification.
High volume notifications
High volume notifications will send you repeat email notifications for errors that reach occurrence thresholds. If you have this feature enabled, you will get new error notifications at these intervals:
| Threshold | Notification interval |
|---|---|
| 1 - 1,000 | Every 100 error occurrences |
| 1,000 - 10,000 | Every 1,000 error occurrences |
| 10,000 - 100,000 | Every 10,000 error occurrences |
| 100,000 and above | Every 100,000 error occurrences |
High volume notifications can be enabled per project on your user profile. High volume notifications help you keep tabs on which errors occur most in your project, and depending on frequency can be a useful indicator for larger issues.
This feature is available on all current plans.