alert-states.md

Alert States

Alert notifications being sent depends on a few factors:

1. The alert state of the check (e.g. “passing” or “failing”).
2. The transition between these states.
3. Your notification preferences per alert channel.

Alert rules

The following table shows all alert states and their transitions.

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Transition	Notification	Error	Severity	Suggestion for User
✅ –> ✅	None	N/A	N/A	All clear
✅ –> ❌	Failure	Expected: “0x”	High	Investigate immediately. Frontend not creating expected smart contract interactions.
✅ –> ❌	Failure	Test Timeout	Medium	Check test implementation if the error does not resolve itself in the next run
✅ –> ❌	Failure	Strict mode violation	Low	Check test implementation as it may no longer work
✅ –> ❌	Failure	Other	Medium
❌️ –> ❌️	Failure
❌️ –> ✅	Recovery	Expected: “0x”	High	Check DNS and deployments if no changes were made
❌️ –> ✅	Recovery	Test Timeout	Medium	Test likely failed due to a temporary issue with the GuardianUI test runner. We apologize for the inconvenience.
❌️ –> ✅	Recovery	Strict mode violation	Low
❌️ –> ✅	Recovery	Other	Medium	We will provide the error of the prior run that was resolved

✅ = passing

❌ = failing