High Error Rate

Example threshold alert configuration that triggers when a high number of HTTP 5xx errors per application is detected in metric events.

This is an example of an alert that is triggered when a high rate of errors is detected. This example assumes there is a Filter Processor or Route Processor that allows only Metric events, specifically HTTP Status-5xx errors. Check out the Tutorial: Route Data topic for an example with HTTP Status-200 messages.

General Configuration

Field	Value
Name	High rate of 5xx errors
Description	Detects high number of 5xx errors per application

Evaluation and Condition Configuration

Field	Value
Alert Type	Threshold Alert
Event Type	Metric
Group by Field Paths	.app
Operation	Sum
Window Type	Tumbling
Window Duration (minutes)	15
Conditional Statement	if (.value greater_or_equal 60)“

Payload Configuration

Field	Value
Severity	Error
Message Style	Static
Subject	High number of 5xx errors