influxdata / influxdata/kapacitor

Implement Rate limiting for sending alerts

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Description

If a Kapacitor task starts to create a siginificant volume of alerts its not helpful to just keep spamming the alerting integration endpoints. Kapacitor should have some kind of rate limit per alert integration where we don't send alerts if Kapacitor is being to spamy.

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Research direction

Start by identifying how Kapacitor sends alerts to each integration and where per-integration delivery policy could be defined. Clarify the desired rate-limit behavior, configuration, and handling of suppressed alerts before implementing it. Done means alert integrations no longer receive excessive alert volume while normal alert delivery remains functional.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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