Pause actions of all alerts
Hi @jameslindsay ,
What it Does:That option only affects your current web console session — it temporarily pauses alert actions visible on that page only (e.g., prevents triggering or showing updates while you review alerts).It does not globally pause alert evaluations or email actions across SolarWinds.
In other words: It’s a UI-level pause, not a system-wide alert pause. It only lasts until you refresh or leave the page. It’s user-specific — does not affect what others see.
How to Toggle It:1. Go to Alerts & Activity → Alerts (or wherever you see Active Alerts).2. Click More → Page Behavior Settings (as shown in your image).3. Check or uncheck “Pause actions of all alerts.”-> Checked → Pauses all alert actions on that page view.-> Unchecked → Resumes normal behavior.
Regards,Pratik Jajal
Thank you. Everything else I was finding on the subject said it was a global toggle; active until reset too false. I have a change which will largely isolate SW and potentially generate hundreds of alerts. I was hoping this was a work around to shutting down SolarWinds.
This was my understanding too and that is what the documentation states (SolarWinds documentation), from what I see - it isn't clearly stated on the documentation that this is applied only for the particular web console session. And in the past, I have tried this as well, you pause alert actions, logout and login again and it's still there in paused state unless you manually uncheck it. I could be wrong but looks like it works as a global alert actions pause. But then once you uncheck this, just restart your alerting engine service and all actions that are currently live are fired is what the documentation claims.
