# NotificationContext.notificationFailed, what is the fallback?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notificationcontext-notificationfailed-what-is-the-fallback/14080>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notificationcontext-notificationfailed-what-is-the-fallback/14080 "2017-04-19T00:59:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![travis.sareault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@travis.sareault](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travis.sareault)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notificationcontext-notificationfailed-what-is-the-fallback/14080/1 "2017-04-19T00:59:51Z")

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The description for the NotificationContext.notificationFailed method is “None of the AlarmEvents in this context could be sent due some underlying failure. If a fall-back for the current AlarmPipeline is defined, all events will be placed upon it for evaluation.”

I’ve done some poking around, and I haven’t found the fallback. Is the documentation correct about the callback, and if it isn’t, what is the expected behavior?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notificationcontext-notificationfailed-what-is-the-fallback/14080/2 "2017-04-19T02:48:29Z")

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It seems the JavaDoc you’re reading pertains to an alternate universe where we followed through with some kind of fallback idea. 🙂

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**Author:** ![travis.sareault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@travis.sareault](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travis.sareault)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notificationcontext-notificationfailed-what-is-the-fallback/14080/3 "2017-04-19T03:02:51Z")

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So what does notificationFailed really do then?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notificationcontext-notificationfailed-what-is-the-fallback/14080/4 "2017-04-19T03:14:38Z")

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It seems the main purpose is so that the delay that can be configured to occur between users as the notification block moves through the list of users to be notified does not get applied and the next user notification is attempted immediately.

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**Author:** ![travis.sareault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@travis.sareault](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travis.sareault)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notificationcontext-notificationfailed-what-is-the-fallback/14080/5 "2017-04-19T03:25:21Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply.