Commit 5314b2f2 authored by Lorenz Bauer's avatar Lorenz Bauer

Document that alerts can inhibit themselves (prometheus/alertmanager#666)

parent bc33265c
...@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ An inhibition rule is a rule that mutes an alert matching a set of matchers ...@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ An inhibition rule is a rule that mutes an alert matching a set of matchers
under the condition that an alert exists that matches another set of matchers. under the condition that an alert exists that matches another set of matchers.
Both alerts must have a set of equal labels. Both alerts must have a set of equal labels.
__Alerts can inhibit themselves. Avoid writing inhibition rules where
an alert matches both source and target.__
``` ```
# Matchers that have to be fulfilled in the alerts to be muted. # Matchers that have to be fulfilled in the alerts to be muted.
target_match: target_match:
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