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Elastic Stack has announced the general availability of its alerting feature with the release of version 7.11, building on a beta version introduced in May 2020. This new alerting framework integrates deeply with Elastic's products and third-party platforms like email, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, and Microsoft Teams, transforming raw customer feedback from its predecessor, Watcher, into a more efficient system. The alerting system is designed to make alerts more meaningful and actionable, facilitating workflow initiation and issue resolution through improved user interfaces, multi-tenancy support, and role-based access controls. The release introduces new third-party connectors and expanded capabilities like alert grouping and state-change triggers, enhancing the alerting experience. Elastic Stack plans to further expand this functionality, including deeper analytics integrations and additional tools to minimize alert noise and improve signal clarity. Users can explore these features by starting a free cloud trial or downloading the 7.11 release for self-managed deployments.