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title: "UseAlerts"
generated: true
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## useAlerts

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/dashboard/src/lib/hooks/use-alerts.ts" sourceLine="31" packageName="@vendure/dashboard" since="3.5.0" />

Returns information about all registered Alerts, including how many are
active and at what severity.

```ts title="Signature"
function useAlerts(): { alerts: AlertEntry[]; activeCount: number; highestSeverity: AlertSeverity }
```

## AlertEntry

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/dashboard/src/lib/hooks/use-alerts.ts" sourceLine="13" packageName="@vendure/dashboard" since="3.5.0" />

An individual Alert item.

```ts title="Signature"
interface AlertEntry {
    definition: DashboardAlertDefinition;
    active: boolean;
    currentSeverity?: AlertSeverity;
    lastData: any;
    dismiss: () => void;
}
```

<div className="members-wrapper">

### definition

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/current/core/reference/dashboard/extensions-api/alerts#dashboardalertdefinition'>DashboardAlertDefinition</a>`}   />

### active

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`boolean`}   />

### currentSeverity

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`AlertSeverity`}   />

### lastData

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`any`}   />

### dismiss

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`() => void`}   />

</div>