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Suppress assertions

Just like notifications, you can also select certain assertions to suppress so they don’t trigger. Suppressed assertions aren’t considered in Asserts processing and won’t be visible in Entity Explorer or RCA Workbench. It’s important to note that this is distinct from an assertion that triggers but doesn’t notify.

Create a Request suppression

To create a Request suppression, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to Grafana Cloud and navigate to Asserts > Rules > Suppress.

2. On the Request tab, complete the following fields:

   Field name	Description
   Job	Select a job. The list of jobs is generated from your environment.
   Assertion	Select the assertion that you are suppressing.
   Request Type	Optional. The category or type of suppression you are creating. For example: inbound, client_connections, logger, and so on.
   Request Context	Optional. Details about the request. For example: the API path, the operation performed, the method called, and so on.
   Other Labels	Any additional alert labels that you want to match on, for example, asserts_severity="warning".
   Rule Name	Enter a name for the suppression rule.

3. Click Add new.

Create a Resource suppression

To create a Resource suppression, complete the following steps:

1. Sign into Grafana Cloud and click Asserts > Rules > Suppress.

2. On the Resource tab, complete the following fields:

   Field name	Description
   Assertion	Select the assertion you are suppressing.
   Resource Type	Optional. The category or type of suppression you are creating. For example: inbound, client_connections, logger, and so on.
   Container	Optional. The name of the container using the resource.
   Source	The source of the metrics for the resource. This could be any exporter or framework serving up resource metrics.
   Severity	The severity of the alert, for example warning or critical.
   Other Labels	Any additional alert labels that you want to match on, for example, asserts_env="prod".
   Rule Name	Enter a name for the suppression rule.

3. Click Add new.

Create a Health suppression

To create a Health suppression, complete the following steps:

1. Sign into Grafana Cloud and click Asserts > Rules > Suppress.

2. On the Health tab, complete the following fields:

   Field name	Description
   Group	Prometheus rules are organized into rule groups.
   Rules	Select a rule from the rule group.
   Env	Select the environment for which this suppression is relevant.
   Other Labels	Any additional alert labels that you want to match on, for example, asserts_severity="warning".
   Rule Name	Enter a name for the suppression rule.

3. Click Add new.