---
title: "system-alert"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/guide/configuration/emails/templates/system-alert.html
last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00
tokens: ~337
---

# system-alert template

When there is a serious issue with PageSeeder this notification is sent to all administrators of the server. For example if the embedding of content for semantic search fails repeatedly.

## Email headers

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| `Auto-Submitted` | `auto-generated` |
| `From` | `PageSeeder (DO NOT REPLY) <pageseeder@emaildomain>` |
| `Subject` | `[the system alert title]` |
| `To` | Administrator email address |

## XML

PageSeeder produces the following XML for the XSLT template:

```xml
<notification template="system-alert"
              emaildomain="example.com"
              hosturl="https://example.com">

  <system-alert title="Too many consecutive embedding failures"
                datetime="2023-09-15T14:30:00Z">
    <message>The embedding queue has been paused due to 11 consecutive failures. Please review the AI configuration and run health checks.</message>
    <details>
      <detail key="Last error" value="Unable to process document for embeddings"/>
      <detail key="Admin page" value="https://example.com/ps/ui/admin/embedding.html"/>
    </details>
  </system-alert>
</notification>
```

## Usual content

Following is a screenshot of the HTML email:

![Email preview – System alert](/content/guide/configuration/emails/templates/../../../../images/email/system-alert_v63000.webp)