# Failed event alerts
> Automatically notify via email or Slack when validation errors, resolution errors, or data quality issues occur in your pipeline.
> Source: https://docs.snowplow.io/docs/monitoring/alerts/failed-event-alerts/
> Documentation index: https://docs.snowplow.io/llms.txt

Failed event alerts automatically notify you when [failed events](/docs/fundamentals/failed-events/) occur in your data pipeline. Set up alerts to receive notifications via email or Slack when validation errors, resolution errors, or other data quality issues arise.

- The alerting system monitors your failed events and sends notifications based on the filters you configure.
- Alerts are checked every 10 minutes. A **When above value** alert notifies you when the number of matching failed events goes above your threshold. An **On any new issue** alert notifies you once when a new type of failure appears. See [alert behavior](/docs/monitoring/alerts/failed-event-alerts/managing-alerts/#alert-behavior) for details.

These alert destinations are supported:

- **Email**: send notifications to one or more email addresses
- **Slack**: send notifications to specific Slack channels

## What you can filter on

Configure alerts to trigger only for specific types of failed events:

- **Issue types**: select `ValidationError`, `ResolutionError`, or both
- **Data structures**: filter by specific schemas or event types
- **App IDs**: filter by application identifiers

## Getting started

1. Navigate to the data quality dashboard
2. View your failed events overview
3. Click **[Manage](/docs/monitoring/alerts/failed-event-alerts/managing-alerts/)** alerts to set up notifications
4. **[Create](/docs/monitoring/alerts/failed-event-alerts/creating-alerts/)** and configure your first alert

![Data quality dashboard header for Pipeline 3 showing the dashboard description and a \"Manage alerts\" button](/assets/images/dq_manage_alerts_button-6db5c87cc08cc32cdc8e7e7fac30b3b4.png)