Various embodiments provide for alert generation based on alert dependency. For some embodiments, the alert dependency checking facilitates alert noise reduction. Various embodiments described herein dynamically find or discover alert dependencies based on one or more alerts currently active, one or more active alerts generated in the past, or some combination of both. Various embodiments described herein provide alert monitoring that adapts based on an alert state of a machine. Various embodiments described herein generate a health score for a machine based on an alert state of the machine. Various embodiments described herein provide a tool for managing definitions of one or more alerts that can be identified as an active alert for a machine.