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title: "Give the watcher context | Grafana Labs"
description: "Tell the watcher what it can't infer from telemetry, such as expected deployment errors and how quickly the service should recover."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Give the watcher context

Telemetry can show that checkout errors rose. It can’t show that a short spike during a rollout is expected, or how quickly the service should recover.

In **Give the watcher context**, describe what to monitor and the behavior you expect, such as brief error spikes during deployments. Include relevant alert rules or dashboards.

For example:

> Watch the checkout service in production. Short error spikes during deploys are expected, but errors should recover within a few minutes.

Name the same service here as in **Name**.