Alert Visibility
Overview
OpsWorker captures and normalizes every alert that arrives from your connected monitoring systems, providing a unified view of all alert activity across sources, clusters, and namespaces.
All alerts are recorded, whether or not they trigger an investigation.
Unified Alert View
The Alerts → Timeline view in the OpsWorker portal shows:
- All alerts from Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and CloudWatch in one place
- Chronological timeline with visual representation of alert frequency
- Alert details including name, severity, namespace, labels, and source
Filtering and Search
Filter alerts to find what you need:
| Filter | Options |
|---|---|
| Severity | Critical, Warning, Info |
| Namespace | Any namespace in your cluster |
| Cluster | Filter by specific cluster |
| Time range | Custom date/time selection |
| Search | Text search across alert names and labels |
Alert Statistics
At-a-glance metrics on the alert timeline:
- Total alert count for the selected time range
- Breakdown by severity level
- Alerts per namespace
- Grouping options for aggregate views
Why Visibility Matters
Even alerts that don't trigger investigations provide value:
- Identify noisy alert sources that could be tuned or suppressed
- Spot trends before they become incidents
- Audit alert coverage — see which namespaces and services are monitored
- Inform alert rule creation — identify alerts that should trigger auto-investigation
Next Steps
- Noise Reduction — Reduce alert fatigue
- Alert Correlation — Connect related alerts
- Daily Digest — Automated daily summaries