Hi Retell team,
I’m trying to set up an alert system that sends me an email every time a call is unsuccessful.
From the Create Alert screen (see screenshot), I see options like:
Metric Condition: Number of Calls / Chats
Optional disconnection reasons
Thresholds (e.g. “when sum is above X”)
View by / Notify frequency
Email or webhook notifications
My goal is very simple:
Receive an email notification for each single unsuccessful call (failed / dropped / error / abnormal termination), ideally in near real-time.
Could you please clarify:
Which metric and disconnection reason(s) I should select to reliably capture all unsuccessful calls?
Whether it’s possible to trigger the alert per single call (e.g. threshold = 1), instead of aggregated spikes over a time window?
If there is a recommended best practice (email vs webhook) for real-time failure monitoring?
If needed, I’m also happy to use webhooks and handle the logic on my side, but I want to be sure I’m tracking the correct failure signals.
Thanks a lot for the support! 🙏
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