# Notifications

The bell in the header shows what needs your attention. Use it to find a low balance, a key near its limit or a payment problem before a request fails.

A notice belongs to you, not to a workspace. It stays in the bell when you change workspace. The bell shows the number of unread notices.

## What the bell shows

| Notice                     | When it appears                                                                                                           | Who gets it                        |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Welcome                    | You open your account for the first time. It links to [API keys](https://inference.ai.exchange/docs/keys.md).                                              | The new person                     |
| Balance is low             | The balance falls below your [balance alert](#set-a-balance-alert).                                                       | Owners and admins of the workspace |
| Key near its limit         | A key has spent 80% of its spend limit.                                                                                   | Owners and admins of the workspace |
| Key limit reached          | A key has spent all of its spend limit. The key refuses requests until the window moves or you raise the limit.           | Owners and admins of the workspace |
| Funds added                | A payment is credited to the balance.                                                                                     | Owners and admins of the workspace |
| Payment did not go through | A payment expired or failed. No money was taken.                                                                          | Owners and admins of the workspace |
| Payment reversed           | The payment rail took back a payment, for example after a chargeback. The workspace is suspended until support clears it. | Owners and admins of the workspace |

The bell also lists [invitations](https://inference.ai.exchange/docs/members.md) to an organization and the workspaces that someone added you to.

## Set a balance alert

1. Open **Settings** for the workspace that holds the balance.
2. Under **Notifications**, turn on **Low balance**. The alert starts at $10.
3. Choose the arrow at the right of the row, type an amount in dollars, and choose **Save**. The amount must be more than $0 and at most $1,000,000.

The alert is off until you set it. To turn it off, turn off the switch. Only an owner or an admin can set it. A workspace under an organization spends the balance of the organization, so set the alert on the organization.

You get one notice each time the balance falls below the amount. When a top-up lifts the balance to the amount or above, the alert arms again and the old notice goes away. If you change the amount, the next check can send a new notice.

## Read and dismiss

Choose a notice to mark it read and open the page that it is about. Choose **Mark all read** to clear the count. Choose the close button on a notice to remove it. A removed notice does not come back.

The exchange checks balances and key limits every five minutes, so a notice can be up to five minutes late. The exchange keeps a read or removed notice for 90 days.

## Limits

- The bell is the only channel. The exchange sends no email for these notices.
- The 80% notice and the 100% notice for a key use the same window as the key's spend limit. The window moves with time, so a key that falls below 80% can send the notice again when it climbs.