# system.alert.queryAlertStatus

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alert-queryalertstatus/9145>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 4, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alert-queryalertstatus/9145 "2014-10-04T16:57:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![scott\_rister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@scott\_rister](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scott_rister)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alert-queryalertstatus/9145/1 "2014-10-04T16:57:16Z")

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I just noticed that the system.alert.queryAlertStatus script function now returns the old severity labels in the severity field. ex: Medium-High instead of High, High instead of Critical, etc.

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alert-queryalertstatus/9145/2 "2014-10-24T23:34:05Z")

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This function is the older alerting function, I think it has always returned those severity levels. The new system.alarm equivalent uses Diagnostic(0), Low(1), Medium(2), High(3), Critical(4).