diff --git a/docs/THRESHOLD_ALERTING.md b/docs/THRESHOLD_ALERTING.md
index cb35b12..b104436 100644
--- a/docs/THRESHOLD_ALERTING.md
+++ b/docs/THRESHOLD_ALERTING.md
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ zfs_monitor:
   pools:
     '*':
       status:
-        critical: 1
+        warning: 1
+        critical: 2
         operator: ">"
         hysteresis: 0.0
         display: "ZFS pool {pool_name} is {health}"
diff --git a/hbd/config_thresholds_example.yaml b/hbd/config_thresholds_example.yaml
index 698efec..aceb593 100644
--- a/hbd/config_thresholds_example.yaml
+++ b/hbd/config_thresholds_example.yaml
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ thresholds:
     pools:
       '*':
         status:
-          critical: 0           # Alert CRITICAL when pool is not ONLINE
+          warning: 1           # Alert WARNING when pool is DEGRADED
+          critical: 2           # Alert CRITICAL when pool is SUSPENDED/FAULTED/UNAVAIL
           operator: ">"
           hysteresis: 0.0       # No hysteresis — a degraded pool is always critical
           display: "ZFS pool {pool_name} is {health}"
diff --git a/hbd/server/config.py b/hbd/server/config.py
index b99adff..5d1d5cf 100644
--- a/hbd/server/config.py
+++ b/hbd/server/config.py
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ THRESHOLD_DEFAULTS = {
                 'pools': {
                     '*': {
                         'status': {
-                            'critical': 1,  # Alert if pool health is not ONLINE
+                            'warning': 1,  
+                            'critical': 2,  
                             'operator': '>',
                             'hysteresis': 0.0,
                             'display': 'ZFS pool {pool_name} is {health}'
diff --git a/hbd/server/threshold.py b/hbd/server/threshold.py
index 5310f5c..81d37dc 100644
--- a/hbd/server/threshold.py
+++ b/hbd/server/threshold.py
@@ -681,7 +681,8 @@ class ThresholdChecker:
               pools:
                 '*':
                   status:
-                    critical: 0
+                    warning: 1
+                    critical: 2
                     operator: '>'
                 tank:
                   capacity: