Alerts & Notifications

    Alert Digest Mode

    How digest mode batches non-critical alerts into a single hourly or daily email, and where queued alerts appear in the inbox.

    Updated 2026-06-15
    2 min read
    digest
    frequency
    batch

    Alert Digest Mode#

    Digest mode collapses many non-critical alerts into one summary email so your inbox doesn't drown when 30 sites trip the same threshold at once.

    Modes#

  1. Immediate — every alert is delivered the moment it fires (default)
  2. Hourly digest — non-critical alerts collected for up to 60 minutes, then mailed in one summary
  3. Daily digest — once-per-day roll-up at a time you choose
  4. Critical alerts (site down, security vulnerability, escalation step) bypass digest and go out immediately.

    Where queued alerts live#

    The moment LemWatch decides to queue an alert for digest, we also write a row into your Alerts Inbox with:

  5. Status: suppressed
  6. Reason: "Queued for digest"
  7. Scheduled for: the next digest send time
  8. Mode: hourly or daily
  9. That means you can always check the inbox to confirm an alert was captured even before the digest lands in your mail. The reason label is shared with Suppressed alerts in the inbox.

    Why two suppression keys read the same#

    Internally the engine writes queued_for_digest; older payloads used digest_queued. Both map to the same friendly label so historical inbox rows stay readable.

    Change your digest mode#

  10. Settings → Notifications → Alert Preferences
  11. Choose Immediate, Hourly, or Daily
  12. For Daily, pick the local send time
  13. Was this article helpful?