---
title: "Test Notification Channel Route"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/notification-settings/test"
tags: ["alerts"]
---

# Test Notification Channel Route

`POST /api/v1/notification-settings/test`

Send an immediate test notification so admins can verify a channel
before trusting it with real alerts.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable

## Request body

- NotificationChannelTest
  - `channel` 'slack' | 'email', required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- object

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

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- **2026-08-25** `e63bfe8e38b4` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/xenovia/apis/controlplane/changes/api/v1/notification-settings/test/post.md)

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