⚡Quick answer:
Yes. Our alerting system classifies incidents into Infrastructure, Billing, and Configurable categories. You can subscribe to alerts per category and choose delivery channels (email, SMS, Slack/Teams, webhook)—availability may vary by plan.
What each incident category means
Infrastructure incidents
Platform/service availability issues (e.g., API downtime, database/network degradation, carrier partner outage impacting multiple customers, regional POP issues).
Billing incidents
Payment gateway errors, invoice generation delays, wallet/balance exhaustion alerts, plan/credit expiry affecting service continuity.
Configurable incidents
Tenant-specific configuration problems (e.g., invalid webhook URL returning 4xx, IVR misrouting, blocked caller ID rules, agent capacity rules preventing calls).
What’s included vs. excluded
Category | Examples (included) | Not included (typically) |
Infrastructure | API/Status Page incidents; voice routing failures affecting many tenants; cloud/network outages; regional POP degradation | Analytics backfill delays under threshold; advisory notices |
Billing | Card/UPI gateway failures; auto-recharge failure; low balance/wallet threshold crossed; invoice job errors | Marketing emails; upcoming price changes (see Announcements) |
Configurable | Webhook 4xx/5xx; IVR misconfiguration; invalid regex/prefix; agent group has 0 available agents | User-level warnings are already shown in-product (toasts) unless you opt in to email/SMS |
Note: Final scope may depend on your plan and data-processing agreements.
Who gets alerted & on which channels
Role/Group | Infrastructure | Billing | Configurable |
Org Admins | Email, SMS, Slack/Teams, Webhook | Email, Slack/Teams | Email (opt-in), Slack/Teams, Webhook |
Billing Admins | — | Email, SMS (low balance), Slack/Teams | — |
Tech/DevOps | Email, Slack/Teams, Webhook | — | Email, Slack/Teams, Webhook |
Support Managers | Email, Slack/Teams | — | Email, Slack/Teams |
Prerequisites
- Role: Permission to manage Alerts & Notifications.
- Contacts: Valid org/billing/admin emails and (optional) phone numbers.
- Integrations (optional): Slack/Teams webhook URL(s); your custom alert webhook endpoint.
Turn alerts on (UI steps)
- Go to Dashboard → Settings → Alerts & Notifications.
- Under Incident Categories, toggle Infrastructure, Billing, and/or Configurable.
- Click Save.
Subscribe to channels & test
- In Channels, tick Email, SMS, Slack/Teams, and/or Webhook for each category.
- Add recipients (emails/phone numbers) or paste your Slack/Teams incoming webhook URL.
- For Webhook, enter your endpoint and secret (if used).
- Click Send test alert to verify delivery.
Expected results
- When an incident matches a selected category, recipients on the chosen channels receive an alert within the configured window.
- The incident appears on the Status Page with updates (investigating → identified → monitoring → resolved).
- Your Call Logs/Reports may show impact only for affected components/regions.
Edge cases & limitations
- Maintenance vs incident: Pre-announced maintenance may send maintenance advisories rather than incident alerts.
- Tenant-only (Configurable) issues: Shown as advisory/configuration alerts; not always listed as public incidents.
- Third-party gateways: Billing alerts may be delayed if gateways throttle callbacks.
- Noise control: Use digest or quiet hours to reduce alert fatigue (if available on your plan).
- Regional scope: Some Infrastructure incidents affect a region only; subscribe team leads in those regions.
- Compliance: Confirm SMS/email alerting complies with local notification rules.
Troubleshooting & escalation
- No one received alerts
- Check category toggles, channel subscriptions, and recipient lists.
- Verify domain allow-listing and SMS DND settings.
- Webhook failed
- Inspect receiver logs; validate signature and TLS.
- Re-send the test alert.
- Too many alerts
- Switch to digest, filter by severity, or disable a category temporarily.
Still need help? Contact Support with your tenant ID, example incident ID, channels affected, and timestamps.