# Suppress Alert Notification

## Using the Suppress Alert interface

The **Suppressions** report has the following information and affordances:

01. Use **Search** to find a suppressed alert by name when you have a long list.

02. Review the list of currently suppressed alerts

03. **Status** of the alert.

All alerts in this list should be  (Active).

04. **Matching labels** specify the conditions (rules) that trigger the alert.

05. **Alerts** is the number of issued alerts for this alert rule.

06. **Schedule** of the muting/silence of the alert, start time through end time

07. **Expired Suppressed Alert** are alerts that were recently suppressed, and the silence expired.

08. **Status** of the alert.

All alerts in this list should be  (Expired).

09. **Matching labels** specify the conditions (rules) that triggered the expired alert.

10. **Alerts** is the number of times this alert has been issued.

11. **Schedule** of the suppressed alert, start time through end time.

12. Click  (Suppress new alert) to silence another alert; see [Suppress new alert](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/4.1.0/alerts/administration/silence/#add).

## Suppress new alert

To create a new suppress rule, click  (Suppress new alert).

The **Suppressed Alerts** interface appears. It has the following information and affordances:

1. Specify **Suppress start and end**, the time interval when you plan to silence the alert.

Use the time picker from the drop-down to specify the start of the alert.

2. Specify the **Duration** of the alert.

Note that [Suppress start and end](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/4.1.0/alerts/administration/silence/#silence-range) and [Duration](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/4.1.0/alerts/administration/silence/#silence-duration) changes affect one another.

3. Specify **Matching labels** by creating filters defined by labels and comparison values that match silence conditions. You define these labels in the Alert rules interface, when you create a new alert.

Label

Enter the name of the label

Operator=~

Regex expression equal

!~

Regex expression not equal

!=

Not equal

=

Equal (default)

Value

Specify the comparison value

Delete

To remove one of the defined filters, click  (Trashcan).

4. To add another filter, click  (Add matcher), and specify another matching label.

5. Click  (Suppress alert) to save the silence definition.

6. Under the **Affected Instances** heading, Kloudfuse lists all alerts that were suppressed, if they match one or more of the labels. The state of all instances is  (Suppressed).

## Recreate suppress alert

To recreate a suppress alert, follow these steps:

1. Click the  (Edit) icon on the relevant row.

2. In the **Edit** interface, change the **Suppress interval** and/or **Duration**, **Matching Labels**, and click  (Save Silence) to save the silence definition.

## Individual alert suppression

You can now suppress alerts directly from the **Alerts** list view. This feature allows you to mute an individual alert based on its labels without creating a global suppression rule.

1. Go to the **Alerts** tab.

2. In the **Events** table, hover over the alert row you want to mute.

3. Click the **Suppress Alert** icon  for that label.

The alert immediately moves to the **Suppressed Alerts** list. Suppression applies only to that alert instance and its matching labels.

|     |     |
| --- | --- |
|  | Use individual suppression for noisy or one-off alerts that do not require permanent silencing. |

## Unmute alert

To unmute a currently-suppressed alert, follow these steps:

1. Click the  (Unmute) icon on the relevant row.

2. Note that the alert no longer appears in the **Suppressed Alert** list.