Additionally, if you have multiple input series values, how is it reflected
on the expression? Is the '5 5 5' applied to every minute, or does it mean
that each minute 0 through 2 has a value of 5?
On Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 9:57:19 AM UTC-4, Tashfia Rahman wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Promtool for unit testing alert rules, and I'm having trouble
> understanding the behavior for unspecific input_series values.
>
> For example, say I have an alert rule that fires for the expression x ==
> 5.
>
> - alert: test_alert
> expr: x == 5
> labels:
> severity: page
> annotations:
> description: "x is {{ $value }}"
> summary: "x is {{ $value }}"
>
> When I run this test with my input_series values '5 5 5' I'm only
> specifying input values for minutes 0, 1, and 2.
>
> - interval: 1m
> input_series:
> - series: 'x'
> values: '5 5 5'
> alert_rule_test:
> - eval_time: 7m
> alertname: test_alert
> exp_alerts:
> - exp_labels:
> severity: page
> exp_annotations:
> description: "x is 5"
> summary: "x is 5"
>
> As expected, the alert fires for eval_time 0m through 2m. However, the
> alert still fires when I make the eval_time anywhere from 3m through 7m,
> but then fails with 8m and later. I'm not sure why 3-7 work and then at 8
> it stops working.
>
> I've tried some other scenarios and can't find a pattern for when
> unspecified values do/don't work. I'm not sure if I am misinterpreting
> something here, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
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