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Date Published
Author
Alex Weaver and David Ellis
Word count
1443
Language
English
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None

Summary

Grafana Alerting has evolved significantly since its revamp in Grafana 9, with enhancements aimed at making alerts more robust and manageable. A key development is the introduction of Grafana-managed recording rules in Grafana 11.3, which streamline the process of setting up and managing incident responses by adopting concepts from the Prometheus alerting model. These recording rules precompute and store results of frequently needed or computationally expensive queries in a Prometheus time-series database, reducing the need for repetitive queries and thereby improving dashboard performance and reducing cloud costs. Additionally, they allow for integration and combination of data from multiple sources, facilitate experimentation with Prometheus without a full migration, and offer an open-source alternative to the enterprise recorded query feature, integrating seamlessly with Grafana's existing alerting infrastructure. Future enhancements for recording rules include configurable target data sources per rule and sequential evaluation of rules, aiming to further align with Prometheus and enhance consistency. Users are encouraged to explore the Grafana Alerting documentation for more information and provide feedback through Grafana's community channels.