Alerts

Creating an alert

Go to Alerts in the dashboard and click New Alert. Each alert has:

• A condition that triggers the alert
• A notification channel to send to
• A cooldown period to avoid spam

Alert conditions

Error rate above

Fires when the percentage of error/fatal logs exceeds a threshold in a time window.

{
  "type": "error_rate_above",
  "threshold": 5,      // percentage (e.g. 5%)
  "windowMinutes": 5   // evaluated over last 5 minutes
}

Log count above

Fires when total log volume exceeds a threshold. Useful for detecting traffic spikes.

Keyword match

Fires when a log message contains a specific keyword or phrase.

{
  "type": "keyword_match",
  "keyword": "OutOfMemoryError",
  "windowMinutes": 1
}

Level spike

Fires when there's an unusual spike in a specific log level compared to the baseline.

Notification channels

Slack

Create an Incoming Webhook in your Slack workspace and paste the URL.

Telegram

Create a bot with @BotFather, get the token and your chat ID.

Email

Enter one or more recipient email addresses. HTML email with log details is sent via Resend.

Webhook

Any HTTPS endpoint. LogFlow sends a POST request with JSON payload:

{
  "alert": "High error rate",
  "project": "my-app",
  "condition": "error_rate_above",
  "value": 12.5,
  "threshold": 5,
  "firedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "logsUrl": "https://app.getlogflow.com/dashboard/logs?..."
}