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Daily Alert Digest

Overview​

OpsWorker generates an automated daily summary of alert activity for each connected cluster. An EventBridge cron job runs once a day at 09:00 UTC and produces one digest per cluster. The digest provides a snapshot of operational health with day-over-day comparisons.

Delivery​

Each daily digest is delivered three ways:

  • Slack: a Block Kit formatted message posted to the cluster's notification channel
  • S3: the full report stored as JSON
  • Portal: viewable at /reports/daily-alert-digest

There is no email delivery.

What's Included​

Alert Summary​

  • Total alerts received in the last 24 hours
  • Breakdown by severity
  • Day-over-day deltas marked as NEW, UP, DOWN, or SAME

Namespace, Service, and Alert Breakdown​

  • Alert counts grouped by namespace, then by service, then by individual alert
  • Highlights which namespaces and services had the most activity

Day-over-Day Deltas​

Each line is compared against the previous day and tagged:

  • NEW: alert seen today but not yesterday
  • UP: more occurrences than yesterday
  • DOWN: fewer occurrences than yesterday
  • SAME: unchanged from yesterday

Viewing in the Portal​

The daily digest is also available in the OpsWorker portal:

  1. Navigate to /reports/daily-alert-digest
  2. Select a date to view that day's report
  3. Review the namespace, service, and alert breakdown with day-over-day deltas

Configuration​

The daily digest is not configurable. It runs at 09:00 UTC daily, produces one report per cluster, and there is no opt-out.

Using the Digest Effectively​

  • Morning operational review: Start each day knowing the state of each cluster
  • Trend spotting: Watch for namespaces with increasing alert volumes via the day-over-day deltas
  • Alert tuning: Identify noisy alerts that should be tuned in your monitoring system or filtered with alert rules

Next Steps​