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Alert History

Every item a scripted CIPP alert reports is tracked from the moment it first appears until the alert stops reporting it. This page lists those tracked items across all tenants you can see, including items resolved in the last 90 days, so you can answer "did this fire last month?" and "how long was this open?" without digging through logs or notification emails.

How Alert Items Are Tracked

Each scheduled alert reports the full set of things it found on every run. CIPP compares that set with what it already knows for that alert and tenant:

  • An item that was not known before is Open, and a notification goes out.

  • An item that was already open is left open. Nothing is sent again.

  • An item that was open but is missing from the latest run is Resolved. Notifications are not sent for resolutions; the dashboard shows them under Recently resolved.

  • An item that was resolved earlier and shows up again is reopened, and its reopen count goes up. A notification goes out again. Items that reopen three times or more are marked as flapping on the dashboard.

  • An item covered by a snooze is Snoozed. It is still checked on every run, but it does not notify, and it is either hidden from the dashboard or kept there marked as snoozed, depending on how the snooze was set.

Only a run that completed can resolve items. If an alert could not check a tenant, for example because a Graph call failed or the tenant lacks the licence, its open items stay as they were and the last-checked time stops moving.

Alerts that report events rather than conditions, such as a group membership change or a released quarantine message, resolve on their own once the event drops out of the alert's lookback window. That is expected: it means the event is no longer recent, not that anything was undone.

Table Details

Column
Description

Tenant

The tenant the item belongs to.

Alert

The alert check that reported the item.

Item

A short summary of the specific result, typically the user or object it relates to.

Status

Open, Snoozed or Resolved.

First Seen

When this item was first reported, or first reported again after being resolved.

Last Seen

The most recent run that still reported the item.

Last Checked

The most recent run that completed for this alert and tenant. If this is older than expected, the alert may be failing for the tenant.

Resolved

When the alert stopped reporting the item. Empty while it is still reported.

Reopened

How many times the item has come back after being resolved.

Snoozed By

The CIPP user who snoozed the item, if it is currently snoozed.

Snooze Reason

The optional reason recorded when the item was snoozed.

Snoozed Until Resolved

Whether the snooze lifts itself when the item resolves, rather than on a date.

Kept Visible

Whether the snoozed item stays in the dashboard's open list instead of moving to the snoozed section.

Table Actions

Action
Description
Bulk Action Available

Remove Snooze

Lifts the snooze on a snoozed item after confirmation. It returns to open immediately and notifies again on the alert's next run if it is still reported. Greyed out unless the item's Status is Snoozed.

Snoozes are set from the dashboard or from an alert email, not from this page. See Snoozed Alerts for the options.


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