Notification cadence
Alert on new error types, summarize repeats.
First-occurrence emails help teams notice new grouped errors. Daily or weekly digests summarize project activity so repeat occurrences stay visible without creating inbox noise.
- First occurrence alerts are for new grouped error types.
- Digest emails summarize unresolved project activity over a chosen cadence.
- Project users can choose the alert style that fits their role.
Email delivery
SES is configured through ordinary SMTP environment variables.
Logister does not need checked-in provider secrets. Self-hosters put SMTP host, port, domain, username, password, sender, and reply-to values in their deploy provider's secret/config store. The deployment reference explains each sample entry and which provider values to use.
Deliverability
Branded, useful mail is less likely to be treated as noise.
Error emails include project, environment, release, occurrence, and triage links when available. That helps recipients understand why the message was sent and makes the email more useful than a generic exception dump. Operators should also configure SES identity verification, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and a sending domain that matches the self-hosted instance.
Worker requirement
Keep Sidekiq running for alerts and digests.
Email delivery, first-occurrence alerts, and digest scheduling run through background jobs. A self-hosted deployment should run at least one Sidekiq worker alongside the Rails web process.