---
title: "Send Test Alert"
method: POST
path: "/developer/technical-alerts/test"
tags: ["Developer", "Developer - Technical Alerting"]
---

# Send Test Alert

`POST /developer/technical-alerts/test`

Send a test PagerDuty alert to verify the integration is working (developer only).

Fires a real PagerDuty alert with a test payload. Use this to confirm
that routing keys, escalation policies, and notification channels are
configured correctly. Optionally include a custom message.

## Query parameters

- `message` string, nullable — Custom message for the test alert

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- TestAlertResponse
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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