Project: Grafana (Observability and Analysis / Observability)
File: create-silence.md

aliases: ../silences/create-silence/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/silences/create-silence/ ../silences/edit-silence/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/silences/edit-silence/ ../silences/linking-to-silence-form/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/silences/linking-to-silence-form/ ../silences/remove-silence/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/silences/remove-silence/ ../unified-alerting/silences/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/unified-alerting/silences/ ../silences/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/silences/ ../manage-notifications/create-silence/ # /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/manage-notifications/create-silence/ canonical: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/configure-notifications/create-silence/ description: Create silences to stop notifications from getting created for a specified window of time keywords: grafana alerting silence mute labels: products: cloud enterprise oss title: Configure silences weight: 440 Silences stop notifications from getting created and last for only a specified window of time. {{< admonition type="note" >}} Inhibition rules are not supported in the Grafana Alertmanager. The preview of silenced alerts only applies to alerts in firing state. {{< /admonition >}} To add a silence, complete the following steps. In the left-side menu, click Alerts & IRM and then Alerting. Click Silences. From the Alertmanager dropdown, select an external Alertmanager to create and manage silences for the external data source. Otherwise, keep the default option of Grafana. Click Create silence to open the Create silence page. In Silence start and end, select the start and end date to indicate when the silence should go into effect and expire. Optionally, in Duration, specify how long the silence is enforced. This automatically updates the end time in the Silence start and end field. In the Label and Value fields, enter one or more Matching Labels. Matchers determine which rules the silence will apply to. Any matching alerts (in firing state) will show in the Silenced alert instances field In Comment, add details about the silence. Click Submit. To edit a silence, complete the following steps. In the left-side menu, click Alerts & IRM and then Alerting. Click Silences to view the list of existing silences. Find the silence you want to edit, then click Edit (pen icon). Make the desired changes, then click Submit to save your changes. When linking to a silence form, provide the default matching labels and comment via `matcher` and `comment` query parameters. The `matcher` parameter should be in the following format `[value]` where the `operator` parameter can be one of the following: `=` (equals, not regex), `!=` (not equals, not regex), `=~` (equals, regex), `!~` (not equals, regex). The URL can contain many query parameters with the key `matcher`. For example, to link to silence form with matching labels `severity=critical` & `cluster!~europe-.` and comment `Silence critical EU alerts`, create a URL `https://mygrafana/alerting/silence/new?matcher=severity%3Dcritical&matcher=cluster!~europe-&comment=Silence%20critical%20EU%20alert`. To link to a new silence page for an external Alertmanager, add a `alertmanager` query parameter with the Alertmanager data source name. To remove a silence, complete the following steps. In the left-side menu, click Alerts & IRM and then Alerting. Click Silences to view the list of existing silences. Select the silence you want to end, then click Unsilence. Note: You cannot remove a silence manually. Silences that have ended are retained and listed for five days.