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stage: Monitor
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group: Respond
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Paging and notifications **(FREE)**
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When there is a new alert or incident, it is important for a responder to be notified
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immediately so they can triage and respond to the problem. Responders can receive
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notifications using the methods described on this page.
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## Slack notifications
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/216326) in GitLab 13.1.
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The GitLab for Slack app can be used to receive important incident notifications.
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When [the GitLab for Slack app is configured](slack.md), incident responders are notified in Slack
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every time a new incident is declared. To ensure you don't miss any important incident notifications
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on your mobile device, enable notifications for Slack on your phone.
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## Email notifications for alerts
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Email notifications are available in projects for triggered alerts. Project
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members with the **Owner** or **Maintainer** roles have the option to receive
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a single email notification for new alerts.
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Monitor**.
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1. Expand **Alerts**.
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1. On the **Alert settings** tab, select the
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**Send a single email notification to Owners and Maintainers for new alerts** checkbox.
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1. Select **Save changes**.
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[Update the alert's status](alerts.md#change-an-alerts-status) to manage email notifications for an alert.
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## Paging **(PREMIUM)**
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In projects that have an [escalation policy](escalation_policies.md) configured, on-call responders
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can be automatically paged about critical problems through email.
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### Escalating an alert
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When an alert is triggered, it begins escalating to the on-call responders immediately.
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For each escalation rule in the project's escalation policy, the designated on-call
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responders receive one email when the rule fires. You can respond to a page
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or stop alert escalations by [updating the alert's status](alerts.md#change-an-alerts-status).
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### Escalating an incident
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/5716) in GitLab 14.9 [with a flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `incident_escalations`. Disabled by default.
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> - [Enabled on GitLab.com and self-managed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/345769) in GitLab 14.10.
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> - [Feature flag `incident_escalations`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/345769) removed in GitLab 15.1.
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For incidents, paging on-call responders is optional for each individual incident.
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To begin escalating the incident, [set the incident's escalation policy](manage_incidents.md#change-escalation-policy).
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For each escalation rule, the designated on-call responders receive one email when
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the rule fires. Respond to a page or stop incident escalations by
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[changing the incident's status](manage_incidents.md#change-status) or
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changing the incident's escalation policy back to **No escalation policy**.
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In GitLab 15.1 and earlier, [incidents created from alerts](manage_incidents.md#from-an-alert)
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do not support independent escalation. In [GitLab 15.2 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/356057),
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all incidents can be escalated independently.
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