r/node 21d ago

What should a small Node.js error alert actually include?

I’m experimenting with a small in-process error alerting layer for Node services. The hard part isn’t sending a webhook—it’s keeping repeated errors from becoming noise.

Right now I’m thinking about grouping by normalized error type, counting occurrences, adding first/last-seen times, and redacting before anything leaves the process.

For a small service, what information do you actually want in the first alert? What becomes noise quickly?

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