# Alarms after restart

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-after-restart/77070>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [July 28, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-after-restart/77070 "2023-07-28T14:55:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![bwirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bwirth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bwirth)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-after-restart/77070/1 "2023-07-28T14:55:04Z")

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Can anyone explain the "Continuous Event Detection Window (min)" Gerneral Alarm Setting? On my system (8.1.27), when a system restart occurs, all alarms are refired as new. I guess, luckily, I have Notify Initial Events turned off, so it doesn't flood their phones with new SMS messages (Twillio). That setting is currently set to its default of 10.

When I put this version in, I was understanding it fixed some of the alarm restart issues U was having. Maybe I'm missing something.