Acknowledging Alerts, what am I missing

Configuration
1

So I have this alert and have had it for quite a while. It lets me know when the fridge gets warm (door likely left open)

  garage_fridge_temp:
    name: Garage Fridge temp above 40 degreees
    done_message: Garage Fridge temp is now less than 40 degrees
    entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_fridge_cold
    state: 'off'
    repeat:
      - 15
      - 30
      - 60
    can_acknowledge: True
    skip_first: True
    notifiers:
      - mobile_app_pauls_iphone

maybe I dont understand the acknowledge, but on my phone I get alerts every 60 minutes, no matter what. How do I acknowledge (and silence) this alert via the app?

About once a month when I add a lot of items to the fridge the alert goes off and lasts a several hours. I’d like to acknowledge, and have it stop alerting me.

2

I think if you go to the HomeAssistant app UI, you can acknowledge through the persistent notification (the little bell in the side bar).

3

You need to add the alerts to your UI. I use a conditional card to prevent idle alerts from showing. Once they are added, you can toggle the alert off.

Something else you can do is add a button to your notification to turn off the alert.

4

If you notify on telegram, you can do it from there as per example in the docs: Alert - Home Assistant

I know this is old, but I googled and this is the first result :slight_smile: