# Generic "ALERT" notification **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [November 10, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574 "2021-11-10T07:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alessandro_rossi/32/37432_2.png) [@Alessandro\_Rossi](https://community.homey.app/u/Alessandro_Rossi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/1 "2021-11-10T07:11:51Z")
Hi there! For the first time I received today a generic “ALERT” notification, but i cannot understand what could it be. Any hint? 🤔 ![Schermata 2021-11-10 alle 08.09.56](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/a/7a969f98ddfb807c5cccf55c75fe110bd42ae641.png) Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/2 "2021-11-10T15:14:15Z")
Check your flows, do you have a flow containing “every 5 minutes” ? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/3 "2021-11-10T16:05:14Z")
A guess, but it could be a security device, like smoke or gas detector? This was introduced with v7.1.0, and sends alerts without flows ![Screenshot_20211110-170607_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/7/57c4c8be9ec3c2cfc835b97f2ec12d44bcdd0cc2.jpeg) In the timeline settings, you’d see an entry called “Safety” (or something like that), with the number of displayed messages) ---
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alessandro_rossi/32/37432_2.png) [@Alessandro\_Rossi](https://community.homey.app/u/Alessandro_Rossi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/4 "2021-11-11T07:57:40Z")
Hi JPe4619, I don’t have any flow containing the “every 5 minutes” rule. ---
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alessandro_rossi/32/37432_2.png) [@Alessandro\_Rossi](https://community.homey.app/u/Alessandro_Rossi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/5 "2021-11-11T07:59:08Z")
Hi Peter, I don’t have any security device connected to Homey. At the same time, in the timeline I don’t have the “Safety” option 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/6 "2021-11-11T10:26:03Z")
You have probably a nameless item with a gearwheel icon between Apps and Flow? ---
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alessandro_rossi/32/37432_2.png) [@Alessandro\_Rossi](https://community.homey.app/u/Alessandro_Rossi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/7 "2021-11-11T13:22:26Z")
No nameless devices in my system…can’t understand what’s that alert 😅 ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/8 "2021-11-11T15:15:23Z")
![Screenshot_20211111-160607_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/e/7eacd517f1b457699c13dc9bb7b40203f04c55d1.jpeg) What I meant, was the 4th item in this page, it has the same icon as the items in your time-line, it should show the number of items in your time-line, and by pressing the arrow on the right, you can disable/enable the notifications for this item. ---
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alessandro_rossi/32/37432_2.png) [@Alessandro\_Rossi](https://community.homey.app/u/Alessandro_Rossi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/9 "2021-11-11T15:50:15Z")
Oh sorry, got it. No gear icon among the listed elements: ![IMG_5475](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/0/c00427ae5756fb9b5d6a7a4c4dc89f848322f43d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Edwin\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edwin_d/32/136417_2.png) [@Edwin\_D](https://community.homey.app/u/Edwin_D)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/10 "2021-11-11T16:24:46Z")
But the numbers here should give you an indication where the alerts come from… ---
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alessandro_rossi/32/37432_2.png) [@Alessandro\_Rossi](https://community.homey.app/u/Alessandro_Rossi)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/generic-alert-notification/54574/11 "2021-11-12T07:30:21Z")
Found out what’s the alert: the [Email App per Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/it-it/app/se.adamnoren.email/Email/) App can’t connect to the gmaill server after their recent update to “dedicated apps password”. I will try to manage it by setting the dedicated password. Thanks everyone!!