# Monitoring / Alert Noise

> "monitoring" (observability layer) is traded against "Alert Noise" (observability layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Alert Noise" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:alert-noise-monitoring`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-alert-noise-monitoring

## tensions-with

- [Monitoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/monitoring.md)
- [Alert Noise](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/alert-noise.md)