# Create a rule for stopped log alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\ **Created:** [December 11, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-rule-for-stopped-log-alert/349009 "2023-12-11T05:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bhavani90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Bhavani90](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavani90)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-rule-for-stopped-log-alert/349009/1 "2023-12-11T05:23:14Z")
Hi, I'm trying to set up an alert for when my application logs haven't been updated in 1 hour. Could you please share the relevant query? ---
**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-rule-for-stopped-log-alert/349009/2 "2023-12-12T11:21:29Z")
Hi @Bhavani90, Welcome to the community! Are your application logs going into a single index or are they included with other application logs in an index? You could check that the number of documents in the index is 0 for the last hour. There is a similar example in the [Elasticsearch query alert documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/rule-type-es-query.html) that can help you get started. Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-rule-for-stopped-log-alert/349009/3 "2024-01-09T11:22:16Z")
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