# CommonAlertConfig
**Source definition:** [`src/bitdrift/public/unary/alerts/v1/alerts.proto#L155-L175`]()
Defines caller-visible alert metadata shared by all alert types.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | string
between 1 and 255 chars | Short name for the alert. |
| description | string
up to 2048 chars | Long form description for the alert. |
| notifications | array of [bitdrift.public.unary.alerts.v1.RateLimitedNotificationConfig](bitdrift_public_unary_alerts_v1_RateLimitedNotificationConfig.md "bitdrift.public.unary.alerts.v1.RateLimitedNotificationConfig")
up to 100 items | Notification targets for the alert. |
| custom_notification_text | string
up to 2048 chars | If not empty, this text will be appended to the notification text for the alert when the notification is sent. |
| labels | map
up to 20 entries | Optional labels to attach to the alert. For notification channels that support structured data (e.g. PagerDuty and SNS), these labels can be used to provide additional context for the alert. |
Example
```json
{
"custom_notification_text": "@checkout-oncall Please investigate.",
"description": "Triggers when the checkout workflow error rate exceeds the configured threshold.",
"labels": {
"key": ""
},
"name": "Checkout error rate",
"notifications": [
{
"min_time_between_notifications": "3600s",
"notification_config": {
"disabled": false,
"notification_group": {
"name": "engineering-oncall"
}
}
}
]
}
```