# Health Notifications

## Overview

Ostara sends real-time notifications to keep you informed of any changes in your actuator's health. Each time an application's health status change between Up / Down / Mixed a notification will be sent.

<div><figure><img src="/files/9EbHIkNCNYecDQFTayeO" alt="Application health status notification for Up"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="/files/lMVpthU17EmFznxf0Eam" alt="Application health status notification for Down"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

Notifications can be disabled or changed to silent mode in the app settings.


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```
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```

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