Wavefront Alert misfire / Alert delayed
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Wavefront Alert misfire / Alert delayed

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Article ID: 327248

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Products

Wavefront by VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
Wavefront customers have observed multiple issues related to misfiring Alerts and Alerts not firing as per window of time specified. The alert may trigger a firing condition or resolve from a firing condition when the data does not support the criteria to cause a change.



Cause

This issue occurs when there is a wildcard (*) expression in the alert condition.

Resolution

This is a known issue affecting Wavefront version 2018-22.x. The issue has been resolved in version 2018-26.XX and later.





Workaround:
Modify the alert query so that there are no wildcard expressions included.