# Severity

> A label for how bad an incident is, often SEV1 to SEV4, used to decide who responds and how fast.

URL: https://pagerless.dev/glossary/severity
Updated: 2026-10-22

## In Pagerless

Three levels that say what happens: wake, tell, log.

## Related terms

- [Alert fatigue](https://pagerless.dev/glossary/alert-fatigue): When responders receive so many alerts, many not actionable, that they start ignoring or muting them and miss the ones that matter.
- [Floor signal](https://pagerless.dev/glossary/floor): A Pagerless term: a signal that always wakes someone and can never be played down by the AI