Executive Summary
A new alerts feature has been launched in public beta for the Observability Plus product, designed to automatically notify teams of anomalies in their applications. The system monitors for unusual patterns in both application usage and errors, sending notifications to help teams quickly identify and resolve unexpected behavior. This capability is now available for Pro and Enterprise customers.
Key Takeaways
* New Feature: Anomaly detection alerts are now available within Observability Plus.
* Anomaly Types: The system detects two categories of anomalies:
* Usage anomalies: Unusual patterns in metrics like edge requests or function duration.
* Error anomalies: Abnormal error patterns, such as spikes in 5XX server responses.
* Notification Channels: Alerts can be viewed directly in the user dashboard or delivered via email, Slack, and webhooks.
* Availability: The feature is currently in public beta.
* Audience: This is available for Pro and Enterprise customers with the Observability Plus add-on.
Strategic Importance
This feature enhances the value of the Observability Plus offering by shifting from passive data analysis to proactive, real-time alerting, enabling customers to reduce their mean time to resolution (MTTR) for application issues.