High Error Rate - Mezmo Docs

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