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SYSE.37:2 - Problem

A threshold can be technically correct yet practically useless. It may repeatedly notify about isolated harmless variation, wait longer than recovery allows, or keep firing after the problem has ended. Several rules can multiply notifications for one event.

The opposite failure is silence caused by lost telemetry, the wrong denominator or a missing recipient. A green alert panel then conceals both service risk and an inability to observe or respond.