In plain language
It tells the team an automation broke before a customer or report does.
Example
An alert fires when a daily sync has not completed by 9 a.m. or when error runs exceed five in an hour.
Related terms
Run History · Audit Trail · Error Handling · Rate Limit
Common misconception
No error alerts does not mean everything works; an automation that stops triggering produces no errors at all.
Implementation guidance
Alert on failures and on missing runs, route alerts to an owned channel, track task or operation usage, and review connections before they expire.