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Choose a contact point, add a Summary and Description, and save the alert rule.

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Configure the notification and save

A contact point with a destination receives notifications when your alert fires. The message includes a Summary and a Description.

This alert reports a percentage, so the Summary formats the query value to one decimal place. The Description explains what 5% means.

In this milestone, choose a contact point, write the message, and save the rule.

  1. Select an available Contact point. You can use empty to save a practice rule, but it cannot deliver notifications. For real alerts, choose a contact point with a destination you control.

  2. In the Summary field (under Configure notification message), add:

    QuickPizza error rate at {{ $value | printf "%.1f" }}% over the last 5 minutes

    When the alert fires, {{ $value }} is replaced with the live percentage.

  3. In the Description field, add:

    Fires when the ratio of QuickPizza 5xx responses to total requests exceeds 5% over 5 minutes. Check recent deploys and the app dashboard first.

  4. Confirm the rule has a name, query, folder, and contact point. Fix validation errors, then click Save.

Your rule is saved. It can fire when the error rate stays above 5% past the pending period. Notifications require a contact point with a working destination.