The newly introduced service baseline settings in Dynatrace version 1.189 enable users to tailor alerts according to each service's criticality, allowing for a more flexible and accurate monitoring system. By extending the observation period for performance conditions, false-positive alerts from short-lived spikes can be minimized, ensuring that only critical issues demand immediate attention. This system draws parallels with stock market decisions where timing and observation are crucial, emphasizing the importance of balancing quick reactions to significant events with the need to avoid overreacting to transient issues. The update includes settings that can be adjusted globally or per service, distinguishing between slowdown alerts and error detection to suit the specific needs of different services. Additionally, the default timeout period for low-load events has been reduced to five minutes, preventing unnecessary prolonged alerts and helping maintain efficient monitoring by closing issues sooner. This approach underscores the challenge of distinguishing between critical alerts and false positives, highlighting the value of a longer observation window to reduce alert spam on non-critical services while ensuring timely alerts for critical ones.