# Alert States

The following summarizes various alert status and their meaning.

| Alert Status | Description                                                                  |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ACTIVE       | An actionable alert with a corresponding incident                            |
| CLEARED      | An alert indicating that the issue no longer exists (Cleared)                |
| CORRELATED   | Alert has been correlated to other alerts and will be part of an Alert Group |
| SUPPRESSED   | An alert that is suppressed based on a suppression policy                    |