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Section 2 · Create your first watcher

Tell the watcher what it can't infer from telemetry, such as expected deployment errors and how quickly the service should recover.

Estimated time: 1 min

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.