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Back in Alerts Are Fundamentally Messy, I made the point that the events we monitor are often fuzzy and uncertain. To make a distinction between what is valid or invalid as an event, context is needed, and since context doesn’t tend to exist within a metric, humans go around and validate alerts to add it. As such, humans are part of the alerting loop, and alerts can be framed as devices used to redirect our attention. In this post, I want to drive this concept a bit further.

Cofounder Doreen Jacobi spoke with several of our customers about the revolution AI is bringing to incident management. Artificial Intelligence has seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, often in ways we barely notice. But what does that actually mean for industries facing complex challenges, like incident management? What real benefits does AI bring today, and how might it shape the future?

Configuring alerts effectively can be the difference between a frictionless IT environment and hours of downtime. Many enterprises struggle with alert fatigue, missed critical incidents, or poorly defined thresholds that leave them scrambling to identify root causes. How can you make sure your team gets the right information at the right time without being overwhelmed?

We’re excited to introduce Regression Alerts, a powerful new tool designed to help you catch and address defects that resurface in newer versions of your software.

Since its launch in 2009, PagerDuty has been the go-to tool for organizations looking for a reliable paging and on-call management system. It’s been the operational backbone for anyone running an ‘always-on’ service, and it’s done the job well. Ask anyone about the product, and you’re all-but-guaranteed to hear the phrase “it’s incredibly reliable.” I agree. But reliability isn’t everything.

They might seem very similar at first sight, but when you zoom in on them, the differences are more apparent. Status Pages and Service Health Dashboards serve distinct purposes and cater to different audiences. As organizations adopt more complex systems, the tools used to communicate about service health and performance have become equally important. Let’s dive into the key differences, use cases, and how these tools complement each other.

2025 kicks off with a portion of handy ilert updates!