Performance Alerts
Optima's intelligent alerting system helps you catch performance issues before they impact your users. Set up sophisticated alerts with customizable thresholds, multiple notification channels, and actionable insights that tell you exactly what to fix.
🚨 Smart Alert System
Intelligent Thresholds
Set alerts that adapt to your application's patterns:
- Static Thresholds: Fixed values for consistent monitoring
- Dynamic Thresholds: Adapt to traffic patterns and seasonality
- Percentile-Based: Alert on 95th percentile degradation
- Comparative Alerts: Compare against previous time periods
- Regression Detection: Automatic detection of performance drops
Multi-Metric Monitoring
Monitor all aspects of performance:
- Core Web Vitals: LCP, FID, CLS threshold violations
- Page Load Times: Complete page loading performance
- Resource Loading: Slow CSS, JavaScript, or image loading
- Error Rates: JavaScript error frequency spikes
- User Experience: Session duration and bounce rate changes
📊 Alert Configuration
Flexible Alert Rules
Create sophisticated alerting logic:
javascript
// Example alert configuration
{
"name": "LCP Performance Alert",
"metric": "lcp",
"condition": {
"operator": "greater_than",
"value": 2500,
"duration": "5m",
"percentage": 20 // 20% of users affected
},
"filters": {
"device": "mobile",
"country": ["US", "GB", "CA"]
},
"notifications": ["email", "slack"],
"severity": "high"
}Advanced Conditions
Set up complex alerting scenarios:
- Multiple Conditions: AND/OR logic for complex rules
- Time-Based Rules: Different thresholds for different times
- User Segment Alerts: Alerts for specific user groups
- Geographic Filtering: Regional performance monitoring
- Device-Specific Alerts: Mobile vs desktop thresholds
Alert Sensitivity
Fine-tune your alert frequency:
- Cooldown Periods: Prevent alert spam
- Escalation Rules: Increase urgency over time
- Auto-Resolution: Alerts resolve when conditions improve
- Flapping Protection: Avoid alerts for brief spikes
- Minimum Sample Size: Ensure statistical significance
🎯 Professional Notifications
Beautiful Email Alerts
Receive detailed, actionable email notifications:
- Executive Summary: High-level performance impact
- Detailed Metrics: Specific performance data and trends
- Affected Users: Number and percentage of users impacted
- Recommendations: Specific steps to resolve the issue
- Visual Charts: Performance trends and comparisons
Slack Integration
Real-time alerts in your team channels:
javascript
// Slack alert configuration
{
"channel": "#performance",
"mentions": ["@dev-team", "@on-call"],
"format": "detailed", // or "summary"
"include_charts": true,
"thread_alerts": true // Group related alerts in threads
}Webhook Support
Custom integrations with your tools:
- PagerDuty Integration: Escalate critical performance issues
- Jira Integration: Automatically create performance tickets
- Custom Webhooks: Send alerts to any system
- API Integration: Programmatic alert handling
- Mobile Push: Native mobile notifications
📈 Alert Analytics
Alert Performance
Track your alerting effectiveness:
- Alert Accuracy: True positive vs false positive rates
- Response Times: How quickly alerts are acknowledged
- Resolution Times: Time from alert to issue resolution
- Alert Volume: Trends in alert frequency
- Team Performance: Individual and team response metrics
Historical Analysis
Understand your performance patterns:
- Alert Trends: Long-term alerting patterns
- Seasonal Patterns: Time-based performance variations
- Correlation Analysis: How different metrics relate
- Impact Assessment: Business impact of performance issues
- Improvement Tracking: Measure alert reduction over time
Custom Dashboards
Create tailored alert monitoring:
- Alert Status Board: Real-time alert overview
- Team Performance: Individual response metrics
- Business Impact: Revenue correlation with alerts
- Trend Analysis: Long-term performance health
- SLA Monitoring: Performance against service levels
🔧 Alert Management
Alert Lifecycle
Comprehensive alert workflow:
- Detection: Automatic threshold violation detection
- Notification: Multi-channel alert delivery
- Acknowledgment: Team member claims responsibility
- Investigation: Root cause analysis and debugging
- Resolution: Fix implementation and verification
- Post-Mortem: Learn from incidents and improve
Team Collaboration
Work together on performance issues:
- Alert Assignment: Assign alerts to team members
- Comments & Notes: Collaborate on investigation
- Status Updates: Track investigation progress
- Escalation Rules: Automatic escalation for unresolved alerts
- Knowledge Base: Build institutional knowledge
Alert Suppression
Manage alert noise effectively:
- Maintenance Windows: Suppress alerts during deployments
- Dependency Rules: Suppress child alerts when parent fails
- Custom Suppression: Temporary alert disabling
- Bulk Operations: Manage multiple alerts at once
- Smart Grouping: Related alerts grouped together
🎨 Alert Customization
Notification Templates
Customize your alert messages:
html
<!-- Custom email template -->
<h2>🚨 Performance Alert: {{alert.name}}</h2>
<p><strong>Metric:</strong> {{alert.metric}} exceeded {{alert.threshold}}</p>
<p><strong>Current Value:</strong> {{alert.current_value}}</p>
<p><strong>Users Affected:</strong> {{alert.affected_users}} ({{alert.affected_percentage}}%)</p>
<h3>Recommended Actions:</h3>
<ul>
{{#each recommendations}}
<li>{{this}}</li>
{{/each}}
</ul>Brand Customization
Make alerts match your brand:
- Custom Colors: Use your brand colors in alerts
- Logo Integration: Add your company logo
- Custom Domains: Send alerts from your domain
- White-Label Options: Remove Optima branding
- Custom Headers: Add company-specific information
Language Support
Alerts in your preferred language:
- Multi-Language Support: Alerts in 15+ languages
- Custom Translations: Define your own terminology
- Regional Formatting: Date, time, and number formats
- Cultural Adaptation: Appropriate communication styles
- Team Preferences: Different languages per team member
🚀 Best Practices
Alert Strategy
Design effective alerting:
- Start Simple: Begin with basic threshold alerts
- Reduce Noise: Tune thresholds to minimize false positives
- Focus on Impact: Alert on user-facing issues first
- Gradual Complexity: Add sophisticated rules over time
- Regular Review: Continuously improve alert effectiveness
Threshold Setting
Optimize your alert thresholds:
- Baseline Establishment: Understand normal performance
- Statistical Analysis: Use percentiles, not averages
- User Impact Focus: Set thresholds based on user experience
- Business Alignment: Connect thresholds to business goals
- Continuous Adjustment: Refine based on alert accuracy
Team Workflow
Organize your alert response:
- Clear Ownership: Define who responds to what alerts
- Response Procedures: Document investigation steps
- Escalation Paths: When and how to escalate
- Communication Plans: Keep stakeholders informed
- Learning Culture: Turn alerts into improvement opportunities
🔗 Integration Ecosystem
Development Tools
Connect with your development workflow:
- GitHub Integration: Link alerts to code changes
- CI/CD Integration: Performance gates in deployments
- APM Integration: Correlate with application monitoring
- Log Management: Connect alerts to relevant logs
- Monitoring Stack: Integrate with existing tools
Business Tools
Connect performance to business metrics:
- Analytics Integration: Correlate with user behavior
- Revenue Tracking: Understand financial impact
- Customer Support: Link alerts to support tickets
- Business Intelligence: Include in executive reporting
- SLA Monitoring: Track against service agreements
🚀 Getting Started
- Define your critical metrics and acceptable thresholds
- Set up basic alerts for Core Web Vitals
- Configure notification channels (email, Slack, etc.)
- Test your alerts with simulated conditions
- Refine and optimize based on alert accuracy
Ready to catch performance issues before users notice? Set up your first alert →