> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.devic.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Notifications

> What Devic tells you about, in the console and by email.

Notifications are how Devic reaches *you*: a run waiting for approval, an execution that failed, a mailbox that needs re-authorising.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/devic/DKyKkxiOLW4okLYC/images/admin/notifications.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=DKyKkxiOLW4okLYC&q=85&s=3500efae8039dca9647265690320d514" alt="Notifications" width="508" height="628" data-path="images/admin/notifications.png" />

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## Two channels

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  <Card title="In the console" icon="bell">
    A panel in the header, with unread counts. The default for anything you will see while working.
  </Card>

  <Card title="By email" icon="envelope">
    For what should reach you when you are not looking at Devic — an approval blocking a process, a failure out of hours.
  </Card>
</Columns>

Preferences are per notification type and per channel, so you can keep approvals in your inbox and everything else in the panel.

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## What generates one

The most common are the ones that block work or cost money:

| Event                          | Why it is worth knowing                                            |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Run waiting for approval**   | A human-in-the-loop step stops until someone acts.                 |
| **Run failed**                 | Something to look at, whether it was the model, a tool or a limit. |
| **Limit reached**              | A tenant or user hit their ceiling and is being refused.           |
| **Connection needs attention** | A mailbox or integration whose credentials stopped working.        |

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## Marking as read

Read state is per user, so a notification you have dealt with does not keep nagging your colleagues — and one they dismissed does not disappear for you.

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## Related

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  <Card title="Human in the loop" icon="user-check" href="/devic/agents/continuous-optimization/human-in-the-loop">
    Where approval notifications come from.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Usage limits" icon="gauge" href="/devic/multi-tenant/usage-limits">
    Where limit notifications come from.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
