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title: Alert rule state and health
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# Alert rule state and health
Each alert rule can generate one or more alert instances—one alert instance for each series or dimension, as shown in the [multi-dimensional alert example](ref:example-multi-dimensional-alerts).
Each alert instance of the same alert rule represents a different target and can be in a different state; for example, one alert instance may be **Normal** while another is **Alerting**.
{{< figure src="/media/docs/alerting/alert-rule-example-multiple-alert-instances.png" max-width="750px" alt="Multi dimensional alert rule. The alert rule state and alert rule health are determined by the state of the alert instances." >}}
The alert rule state and alert rule health are determined by the [state of the alert instances](ref:alert-instance-states).
## Alert rule states
An alert rule can be in either of the following states:
| State | Description |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Normal** | None of the alert instances returned by the evaluation engine is in a `Pending` or `Alerting` state. |
| **Pending** | At least one alert instances returned by the evaluation engine is `Pending`. |
| **Firing** | At least one alert instances returned by the evaluation engine is `Alerting`. |
## Alert rule health
An alert rule can have one of the following health statuses:
| State | Description |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Ok** | No error when evaluating the alert rule. |
| **Error** | An error occurred when evaluating the alert rule. |
| **No Data** | The alert rule query returns no data. |
| **{status}, KeepLast** | The rule would have received another status but was configured to keep the last state of the alert rule. |