> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.cloudbeat.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.cloudbeat.io/cloudbeat-synthetic-monitoring/incidents.md).

# Incidents

Incidents allow you to track your monitors and find problems based on your desired conditions

To create Incidents for your monitor, head over to:

**Monitoring -> Monitors -> Your Monitor -> Edit -> Policies -> ( + ) New Policy**

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Range type is based on your last number of **runs / minutes / hours / days**

Metric will determine your **monitor / instance availability** based on your desired percentage

Incident Severity will alert based on the severity, **Unknown (No alerts) / Minor / Critical.**

{% hint style="info" %}
To set alerts, head over to: **Reports & Alerts -> ( + ) Add Group**
{% endhint %}

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Resolve Automatically **will stop the incident** if no problems were founds.

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