Alerts surface automatically in the dashboard — no configuration required. They are computed on each dashboard load and highlight situations that need attention.
Alert types#
Invisible content#
Severity: critical
A page is receiving crawler traffic but has a crawlability score below 30. Bots are visiting content they effectively cannot read.
This alert fires when a path has more than 10 crawler visits in the selected period and a crawlability score under 30. It surfaces the gap between where bots go and what they can actually extract.
Visit drop#
Severity: critical
No crawler visits received for more than 72 hours on a site that was previously receiving traffic.
This typically indicates a deployment removed or bypassed the CrawlReady middleware. The alert compares the current silence against the last recorded visit timestamp.
No data#
Severity: critical
No crawler visits recorded more than 72 hours after the site was added to CrawlReady.
This means the middleware or script tag is not sending beacons to the ingest API. The integration may not be deployed, or the site key may be misconfigured.
Traffic spike#
Severity: warning
A page received more than 2x its average daily visit rate in the last 24 hours.
The average is calculated over the prior 30 days. Only pages with an established baseline are evaluated. A spike from an AI training bot is generally benign; a spike from an unknown bot may indicate unexpected scraping activity.
New bot#
Severity: info
A crawler not seen in the prior 30 days appeared in the last 7 days.
This surfaces new AI crawlers discovering your site. Check the Crawlers tab to see the bot's category and verification status.
API access#
Alerts are also available via the API. See the Alerts endpoint in the API Reference for request parameters and response schema.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to configure alerts?
No. Alerts surface automatically in the dashboard — they're computed on each dashboard load and highlight situations that need attention, with no configuration required.
What triggers an Invisible Content alert?
It fires when a path has more than 10 crawler visits in the selected period and a crawlability score under 30 — bots are visiting content they effectively cannot read. Severity is critical.
What's the difference between a Visit Drop alert and a No Data alert?
Visit Drop fires when a site that was previously receiving crawler traffic goes more than 72 hours without a visit, typically because a deployment removed or bypassed the CrawlReady middleware. No Data fires when a newly added site has recorded no crawler visits more than 72 hours after being added, usually meaning the middleware or script tag isn't sending beacons at all.
How is a Traffic Spike alert calculated?
It fires when a page receives more than 2x its average daily visit rate in the last 24 hours, with the average calculated over the prior 30 days. Only pages with an established baseline are evaluated, and severity is warning.
