// integration
Slack notifications
Get a Slack message in your team's channel every time a release is logged in Traken — manually or via any integration.
Prerequisites: You must be a workspace Admin.
Set up the integration
1. Create an Incoming Webhook in Slack
- 1Go to api.slack.com/apps and open your Slack workspace's app directory, or create a new app.
- 2Under Features, select Incoming Webhooks and enable them.
- 3Click Add New Webhook to Workspace, choose the channel where Traken should post, and click Allow.
- 4Copy the generated Webhook URL (it starts with
https://hooks.slack.com/services/…).
2. Configure Slack in Traken
- 1Go to Integrations → Slack.
- 2Paste the Webhook URL into the field.
- 3Click Save. Notifications are enabled immediately.
To verify the setup, click Send test message — a sample notification will appear in the configured channel.
What you'll see in Slack
Every new release triggers a message with the following content:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Release title |
| Released at | Timestamp of the release |
| By | Who logged the release (if available) |
| Team | Team tag (omitted if not set) |
| Subsystem | Subsystem tag (omitted if not set) |
| Description | Release description (omitted if not set) |
| Link | View release → button pointing to the release detail page |
Pause or update notifications
To pause notifications without deleting the configuration, toggle Enabled off in Integrations → Slack. Toggle it back on to resume.
To update the Slack channel, paste a new Webhook URL and save.
Troubleshooting
If messages are not arriving:
- Confirm the Webhook URL was not rotated or deleted in Slack (Incoming Webhooks settings).
- Use Send test message to verify the current configuration.
- Check that notifications are enabled (toggle is on).