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Why is it not supported to continue to search for a matching receiver and continue sending after the previous receiver fails?

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Description

I have a scenario where I hope that after the alertmanager fails to push the webhook, even if continue: false, it will continue to look for other receivers and continue to try to send. In this scenario, why is not supported? I think this is more reliable

for example:

receivers:
  - name: "receiver-aa"
    webhook_configs:
        - url: 'https://alarm.com/alarms'
          send_resolved: true
  - name: "receiver-bb"
      slack_configs:
        - channel: "#alarms-bb"
          actions: *action_buttons
          http_config: *http_config
          
routes:          
  - match:
       dc: "aaa"
     receiver: "receiver-aa"
     continue: false
  - match:
       dc: "aaa"
     receiver: "receiver-bb"

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Research direction

Start by reviewing Alertmanager's route example and the documented meaning of continue: false. The issue does not name an implementation file or test, so locate the route-matching and notification flow before deciding how failed delivery should affect subsequent receivers. Done means the intended fallback behavior is defined and covered by tests.

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Issue type
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