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Alerts are available on the paid plan. To enable them for your account, contact our sales team.
Tenderly Alerting listens for events on the blockchain and sends real-time notifications to your desired destination when the event occurs. This can be email, your favorite messaging app, an incident monitoring system, or webhooks and Web3 Actions. With Tenderly Alerting, you can stay informed about desired or undesired events related to transitions, wallets, smart contracts, or any other activity on the network. This enables you to identify and resolve smart contract transaction issues faster. Alerts can also aid in the early detection of operational, code, or security issues. With Alerts API, you can create complex triggering conditions. Follow these quick links to skip ahead and get started with Tenderly Alerting:

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Anatomy of an Alert

Each Alert requires three elements to be configured before it can be enabled:
  • Alert Type: On-chain event that triggers Tenderly to send you a notification. There are 12 alert trigger types to choose from.
  • Alert Target: Addresses you want Tenderly to monitor, as well as other settings such as the network, project, and tags.
  • Alert Destination: Service for receiving notifications about a specific event. One Alert can send notifications to multiple destinations. There are 8 destination types where you can send and receive notifications.

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Alert trigger types overview

Below is a list of all 12 alert trigger types and a brief description of each. Click the link to explore configuration details.

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Alert Destinations overview

All these alert triggers can be configured to send real-time notifications to a place where it’s convenient for your team. Receive notifications in your favorite messaging app: Send alert data to other Tenderly systems: Send alert data to third-party incident and error monitoring platforms like: Learn how to set up each Alert Destination here.

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What can you do with Tenderly Alerting?

Tenderly Alerting offers value in a variety of circumstances. Whenever you require a dependable alerting system for on-chain activities that can notify you of potential risks or threats, you can rely on Tenderly Alerting.
  • Monitor on-chain activity: Alerts can be used as a monitoring tool to track user activity on smart contracts, such as failed or successful transactions or state changes. This is useful in scenarios when you need to keep track of specific events or changes in the blockchain environment.
  • Detect suspicious behavior: Alerts can inform you about suspicious behavior on your smart contracts or wallets, such as security breaches or fraudulent activity. This helps you to take appropriate action to protect your assets and prevent losses.
  • Respond faster in emergency situations: Alerts also help you detect errors, security issues, or failed transactions. This is useful in situations when you need to take action to resolve a problem immediately after it happens.
  • Ensure greater visibility for your team: You can configure each Alert to your specifications, including setting the location for notifications convenient for your team.
  • Enable automated processes: Use Alerts as triggers for Web3 Actions to build custom automated processes that allow you to react automatically to on-chain events with custom code.