# Grafana provisioned alert rules for the Scrabble contour. Each rule is a Prometheus # instant query (refId A) fed into a threshold expression (refId C). noDataState/execErrState # are OK so an absent metric never raises a false alert — notably cert-expiry, whose blackbox # probe has no target on the test contour (caddy is HTTP-only there). Metric names are the # real ones Prometheus exposes (edge_request_* from the gateway via the collector, # node_*/pg_*/probe_ssl_* from the exporters). All route to the ops-email contact point. apiVersion: 1 groups: - orgId: 1 name: scrabble-service folder: Alerts interval: 1m rules: - uid: svc_target_down title: Scrape target down condition: C for: 3m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 300, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: { refId: A, expr: up, instant: true } - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: lt, params: [1] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'A Prometheus scrape target is down (up < 1).' } - uid: edge_error_rate title: Gateway internal-error rate high condition: C for: 10m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 600, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: sum by (service_name) (rate(edge_request_duration_count{result="internal"}[5m])) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [0.05] } labels: { severity: warning } annotations: { summary: 'Sustained internal (5xx-equivalent) errors at the edge.' } - uid: edge_latency_p99 title: Gateway request latency p99 high condition: C for: 10m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 600, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: histogram_quantile(0.99, sum by (le, service_name) (rate(edge_request_duration_bucket[5m]))) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [1] } labels: { severity: warning } annotations: { summary: 'Edge request p99 latency above 1s.' } - uid: tls_cert_expiry title: TLS certificate nearing expiry condition: C for: 15m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 300, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: (probe_ssl_earliest_cert_expiry - time()) / 86400 instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: lt, params: [20] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'Edge TLS cert has under 20 days left — Caddy ACME renewal may have failed.' } - orgId: 1 name: scrabble-host folder: Alerts interval: 1m rules: - uid: host_mem_low title: Host memory low condition: C for: 5m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 300, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes / node_memory_MemTotal_bytes instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: lt, params: [0.1] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'Under 10% host memory available.' } - uid: host_disk_low title: Host disk low condition: C for: 10m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 300, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: min(node_filesystem_avail_bytes / node_filesystem_size_bytes) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: lt, params: [0.1] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'A host filesystem is under 10% free.' } - uid: host_cpu_high title: Host CPU saturated condition: C for: 10m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 600, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: 1 - avg(rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}[5m])) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [0.9] } labels: { severity: warning } annotations: { summary: 'Host CPU above 90% for 10 minutes.' } - uid: pg_connections_high title: Postgres connections high condition: C for: 5m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 300, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: sum(pg_stat_activity_count) / max(pg_settings_max_connections) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [0.8] } labels: { severity: warning } annotations: { summary: 'Postgres using over 80% of max_connections.' } # Continuous WAL archiving health (pgBackRest -> S3, point-in-time recovery). Both rules # read the postgres_exporter's built-in pg_stat_archiver metrics and are absent/NaN-safe: # on the test contour (and any host before archiving is armed) archive_mode is off, so # failed_count stays 0 and last_archive_age is NaN — neither threshold trips. - orgId: 1 name: scrabble-backup folder: Alerts interval: 1m rules: - uid: pg_archive_failing title: WAL archiving failing condition: C for: 15m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 900, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: increase(pg_stat_archiver_failed_count[15m]) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [0] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'pgBackRest archive_command is failing — PITR is degrading and pg_wal can fill the disk. Run `docker exec scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --pg1-user=scrabble check`.' } # Fires only when the last archive is >30 min old AND pg_wal is actually growing (WAL is being # produced but not archived). A genuinely idle database archives nothing — Postgres does not # force-switch an empty segment on archive_timeout — so `last_archive_age` alone false-triggers # during quiet hours; the pg_wal-growth guard removes that. `and on()` bridges the differing # label sets (last_archive_age has a server label, the pg_wal gauge does not); delta() (not # increase) suits the pg_wal_size_bytes gauge. Real archive failures are caught by pg_archive_failing. - uid: pg_archive_stalled title: WAL archiving stalled condition: C for: 15m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 2100, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: (pg_stat_archiver_last_archive_age > 1800) and on() (delta(pg_wal_size_bytes[35m]) > 16777216) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [1800] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'No WAL archived for over 30 minutes while pg_wal keeps growing — archiving is genuinely stalled; the PITR recovery point is frozen and pg_wal will fill the disk. Run `docker exec scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --pg1-user=scrabble check`.' } # Remote Telegram bot health. The bot runs on its own host and exports no telemetry of its own; the # gateway observes it through the bot-link (botlink_connected_bots) and the health it reports over # that stream (bot_tg_*). All absent/NaN-safe: before a bot ever connects the metrics are absent, so # noDataState OK keeps them quiet on a fresh contour. The alert email does NOT go through the bot, so # a bot-down alert is deliverable. - orgId: 1 name: scrabble-bot folder: Alerts interval: 1m rules: - uid: bot_disconnected title: Telegram bot disconnected condition: C for: 5m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 300, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: { refId: A, expr: botlink_connected_bots, instant: true } - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: lt, params: [1] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'No Telegram bot is connected to the gateway bot-link — out-of-app push and admin sends are down. Check the bot host.' } # Positive liveness: a bot is connected but its last successful Bot API call is over 5 minutes # old — the getUpdates long-poll returns every ~minute even when idle, so a stale stamp means the # bot is wedged (no errors, no traffic). Guarded by "and connected" so a mere disconnect (owned by # bot_disconnected) does not double-fire. - uid: bot_tg_stale title: Telegram bot not reaching the Bot API condition: C for: 5m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 600, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: (time() - bot_tg_last_ok_unix) and on() (botlink_connected_bots >= 1) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [300] } labels: { severity: critical } annotations: { summary: 'A connected Telegram bot has not reached the Bot API in over 5 minutes — the update poll is wedged. Check the bot host and Telegram reachability.' } # 429s should be ~never once the bot honours Retry-After; any sustained rate-limiting is a symptom # (a send loop, a misbehaving path) worth investigating. - uid: bot_tg_rate_limited title: Telegram bot rate-limited (429) condition: C for: 5m noDataState: OK execErrState: OK data: - refId: A relativeTimeRange: { from: 900, to: 0 } datasourceUid: prometheus model: refId: A expr: increase(bot_tg_errors_total{kind="rate_limited"}[15m]) instant: true - refId: C datasourceUid: __expr__ model: refId: C type: threshold expression: A conditions: - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [0] } labels: { severity: warning } annotations: { summary: 'The Telegram bot is being rate-limited (HTTP 429). It should honour Retry-After, so sustained 429s point to a send loop or a hot path.' }