> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.jcore.io/clarity/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.jcore.io/clarity/alarms/configure/severity.md).

# Severity

There are five severity options:

| Severity | Icon                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| None     | ![](https://253937570-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LzDzLyKYu6xMIADlPIj%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d9246e5488a75f81968c71d62896865e17c80c85%2Falarm-severity-icon-none.svg?alt=media)     |
| Info     | ![](https://253937570-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LzDzLyKYu6xMIADlPIj%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-93c2b5092dad7ae19b87ae0be70cd7bb696b9065%2Falarm-severity-icon-info.svg?alt=media)     |
| Warning  | ![](https://253937570-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LzDzLyKYu6xMIADlPIj%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-2bb6e60f492411f0109d8664f4fabacce4463fd8%2Falarm-severity-icon-warning.svg?alt=media)  |
| Alarm    | ![](https://253937570-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LzDzLyKYu6xMIADlPIj%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c480325ee1e5de9399706a222cbe65ae1b65da8d%2Falarm-severity-icon-alarm.svg?alt=media)    |
| Critical | ![](https://253937570-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LzDzLyKYu6xMIADlPIj%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6f026d666caaf53f796bc676dba0e9559fd26472%2Falarm-severity-icon-critical.svg?alt=media) |

A severity of **None** will prevent any notifications from being sent; this is only useful if you want to use the condition for [Event Triggered Reports](/clarity/reports/event-triggered-reports.md).

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Severity may affect whether a given user receives email and text notifications, according to their [contact preferences](/clarity/contact-preferences.md), where they can filter notifications by severity and organization, but Clarity will always display **Info**, **Warning**, **Alarm**, and **Critical** notification toasts when alarms with notifications turned on occur, regardless of the user's contact preferences:

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