From 60990ea0702557acb8b4185b97c15556db91f0f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "grafana-delivery-bot[bot]" <132647405+grafana-delivery-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:08:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] [release-12.1.1] docs: clarifying alert rule limits in Grafana cloud for migration assistant (#108799) Co-authored-by: Jacob Valdez --- .../migration-guide/cloud-migration-assistant.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/administration/migration-guide/cloud-migration-assistant.md b/docs/sources/administration/migration-guide/cloud-migration-assistant.md index f6d349fb9a6..aa39a333ccb 100644 --- a/docs/sources/administration/migration-guide/cloud-migration-assistant.md +++ b/docs/sources/administration/migration-guide/cloud-migration-assistant.md @@ -198,8 +198,20 @@ The `grafana-default-email` contact point that's provisioned with every new Graf This is sufficient to have your Alerting configuration up and running in Grafana Cloud with minimal effort. +#### Migration assistant limitations on Grafana Alerting resources + Migration of Silences is not supported by the migration assistant and needs to be configured manually. Alert History is also not available for migration. +Attempting to migrate a large number of alert rules might result in the following error: + +``` +Maximum number of alert rule groups reached: Delete some alert rule groups or upgrade your plan and try again. +``` + +To avoid this, refer to the [Alert rule limits in Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule/#alert-rule-limits-in-grafana-cloud) when migrating alert rules. + +#### Prevent duplicated alert notifications + Successfully migrating Alerting resources to your Grafana Cloud instance could result in 2 sets of notifications being generated: 1. From your OSS/Enterprise instance