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<@ULVA73B9P> what replaced notifications in prefect? im on 3.7.0

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Yes — in Prefect 3.7.0, *notifications were replaced by automations*.

If you used the old *flow run notification policies*, the replacement is:

*Automation* + `send-notification` action

So instead of configuring a standalone notification policy, you now create an automation that:

- watches for an event, like `prefect.flow-run.Failed`
- then performs an action, like sending Slack / Teams / PagerDuty / SMS / webhook notifications

Example mental model:

- *old:* “notify me when flow runs fail”
- *new:* “create an automation triggered by failed flow run events, with a `send-notification` action”

If you were already using notifications before upgrading, Prefect 3.7.0 should have *automatically migrated* those notification policies into automations.

Useful docs:
- <https://docs.prefect.io/v3/concepts/automations|Automations concept guide>
- <https://docs.prefect.io/v3/how-to-guides/automations/creating-automations|Create automations>
- <https://docs.prefect.io/v3/how-to-guides/automations/custom-notifications|Custom notifications>
- <https://docs.prefect.io/v3/api-ref/python/prefect-blocks-notifications|Notification blocks API>

You’ll generally use notification blocks like:
- `SlackWebhook`
- `MicrosoftTeamsWebhook`
- `PagerDutyWebHook`
- `TwilioSMS`
- `CustomWebhookNotificationBlock`

If you want, I can also show you:
- how to recreate an old “notify on failure” setup in Prefect 3.7.0, or
- where to find the migrated automations in the UI.