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  - ../../alerting/alert-groups/view-alert-grouping/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/alert-groups/view-alert-grouping/
  - ../../alerting/unified-alerting/alert-groups/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/unified-alerting/alert-groups/
  - ../../alerting/manage-notifications/view-notification-errors/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/manage-notifications/view-notification-errors/
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description: The Active notifications view lists grouped alerts that are actively triggering notifications.
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title: View active notifications
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# View active notifications

The Active notifications page lists groups of alerts (or alert instances) that are actively triggering notifications.

By default, Grafana Alerting [groups similar alerts into a single notification](ref:grouping).

In this view, you can:

- Find alert groups and the state of their notifications.
- Filter for alert instances that match specific criteria.

The Active notifications view is useful for debugging and verifying how notifications are grouped based on your notification policy settings.

## View alert groups and notification state

To view alert groups, complete the following steps.

1. Click **Alerts & IRM** -> **Alerting** -> **Alert activity**.
1. Select the **Active notifications** tab to view the list of groups firing notifications.

   {{< figure src="/media/docs/alerting/active-notifications-view2.png" max-width="750px" alt="Active notifications view in Grafana Alerting" >}}

   By default, alert groups are grouped by the notification policies grouping.

   Each group displays its label set, contact point, and the number of alert instances (or alerts).

   Then, click on a group to access its alert instances. You can find alert instances by their label set and view their notification state.

### Notification states

The notification state of an alert instance can be in one of the following states:

- **Unprocessed**: The alert is received but its notification has not been processed yet.
- **Suppressed**: The alert has been silenced.
- **Active**: The alert notification has been handled. The alert is still firing and continues to be managed.

### Filter alerts

You can filter by label, state, or Alertmanager:

- **By label**: In **Search**, enter an existing label to view alerts matching the label. For example, `environment=production,region=~US|EU,severity!=warning`.

- **By state**: In **States**, select from Active, Suppressed, or Unprocessed states to view alerts matching your selected state. All other alerts are hidden.

- **By Alertmanager**: In the **Alertmanager** dropdown, select an [external Alertmanager](ref:alertmanager) to view only alert groups for that specific Alertmanager. By default, the `Grafana` Alertmanager is selected.

### Custom group

From **Custom group by** dropdown, select a combination of labels to view a grouping other than the default. This helps validate the [grouping settings of your notification policies](ref:grouping).

If an alert does not contain labels specified either in the grouping of the default policy or the custom grouping, then the alert is added to a catch all group with a header of `No grouping`.

## View notification errors

{{< admonition type="note" >}}

Notification errors are only available with [pre-configured Grafana Alertmanagers](ref:alertmanager).

{{< /admonition >}}

Notification errors provide information about why they failed to be sent or were not received.

To view notification errors, navigate to **Alerts & IRM** -> **Alerting** -> **Notification configuration**, then select the **Contact points** tab.

Each contact point displays a message about the status of their latest notification deliveries.

If a contact point is failing, a red message indicates that there are errors delivering notifications. Hover over the error message to see the notification error details.
