diff --git a/api/rest/client/client.go b/api/rest/client/client.go
index 4b121fe7..3e6bed83 100644
--- a/api/rest/client/client.go
+++ b/api/rest/client/client.go
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ type Client interface {
 	// Otherwise, it happens everywhere.
 	RecoverAll(ctx context.Context, local bool) ([]*api.GlobalPinInfo, error)
 
+	// Alerts returns things that are wrong with cluster.
+	Alerts(ctx context.Context) (map[string]api.Alert, error)
+
 	// Version returns the ipfs-cluster peer's version.
 	Version(context.Context) (*api.Version, error)
 
diff --git a/api/rest/client/lbclient.go b/api/rest/client/lbclient.go
index 629cb472..7bf38550 100644
--- a/api/rest/client/lbclient.go
+++ b/api/rest/client/lbclient.go
@@ -331,6 +331,19 @@ func (lc *loadBalancingClient) RecoverAll(ctx context.Context, local bool) ([]*a
 	return pinInfos, err
 }
 
+// Alerts returns things that are wrong with cluster.
+func (lc *loadBalancingClient) Alerts(ctx context.Context) (map[string]api.Alert, error) {
+	var alerts map[string]api.Alert
+	call := func(c Client) error {
+		var err error
+		alerts, err = c.Alerts(ctx)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err := lc.retry(0, call)
+	return alerts, err
+}
+
 // Version returns the ipfs-cluster peer's version.
 func (lc *loadBalancingClient) Version(ctx context.Context) (*api.Version, error) {
 	var v *api.Version
diff --git a/api/rest/client/methods.go b/api/rest/client/methods.go
index 532aba8b..a94f6f1a 100644
--- a/api/rest/client/methods.go
+++ b/api/rest/client/methods.go
@@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ func (c *defaultClient) RecoverAll(ctx context.Context, local bool) ([]*api.Glob
 	return gpis, err
 }
 
+// Alerts returns things that are wrong with cluster.
+func (c *defaultClient) Alerts(ctx context.Context) (map[string]api.Alert, error) {
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "client/RecoverAll")
+	defer span.End()
+
+	var alerts map[string]api.Alert
+	err := c.do(ctx, "GET", "/alerts", nil, nil, &alerts)
+	return alerts, err
+}
+
 // Version returns the ipfs-cluster peer's version.
 func (c *defaultClient) Version(ctx context.Context) (*api.Version, error) {
 	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "client/Version")
diff --git a/api/rest/restapi.go b/api/rest/restapi.go
index 62beafc9..7e9f5595 100644
--- a/api/rest/restapi.go
+++ b/api/rest/restapi.go
@@ -487,6 +487,12 @@ func (api *API) routes() []route {
 			"/monitor/metrics",
 			api.metricNamesHandler,
 		},
+		{
+			"Alerts",
+			"GET",
+			"/alerts",
+			api.alertsHandler,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -659,6 +665,19 @@ func (api *API) metricNamesHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	api.sendResponse(w, autoStatus, err, metricNames)
 }
 
+func (api *API) alertsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var alerts map[string]types.Alert
+	err := api.rpcClient.CallContext(
+		r.Context(),
+		"",
+		"Cluster",
+		"Alerts",
+		struct{}{},
+		&alerts,
+	)
+	api.sendResponse(w, autoStatus, err, alerts)
+}
+
 func (api *API) addHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	reader, err := r.MultipartReader()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/api/types.go b/api/types.go
index a7aea655..b48eae5e 100644
--- a/api/types.go
+++ b/api/types.go
@@ -943,8 +943,10 @@ func (es MetricSlice) Less(i, j int) bool {
 
 // Alert carries alerting information about a peer. WIP.
 type Alert struct {
-	Peer       peer.ID
-	MetricName string
+	Peer       peer.ID `json:"peer" codec:"p"`
+	MetricName string  `json:"metric_name" codec:"m"`
+	Expiry     int64   `json:"expiry" codec:"e"`
+	Value      string  `json:"value" codec:"v"`
 }
 
 // Error can be used by APIs to return errors.
diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index e76ada25..102f27da 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ type Cluster struct {
 	informers []Informer
 	tracer    Tracer
 
+	alerts    map[string]api.Alert
+	alertsMux sync.Mutex
+
 	doneCh  chan struct{}
 	readyCh chan struct{}
 	readyB  bool
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ func NewCluster(
 		allocator:   allocator,
 		informers:   informers,
 		tracer:      tracer,
+		alerts:      make(map[string]api.Alert),
 		peerManager: peerManager,
 		shutdownB:   false,
 		removed:     false,
@@ -391,6 +395,19 @@ func (c *Cluster) pushPingMetrics(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Alerts returns things that are wrong with the cluster.
+func (c *Cluster) Alerts() map[string]api.Alert {
+	alerts := make(map[string]api.Alert)
+
+	c.alertsMux.Lock()
+	defer c.alertsMux.Unlock()
+	for i, alert := range c.alerts {
+		alerts[i] = alert
+	}
+
+	return alerts
+}
+
 // read the alerts channel from the monitor and triggers repins
 func (c *Cluster) alertsHandler() {
 	for {
@@ -399,6 +416,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) alertsHandler() {
 			return
 		case alrt := <-c.monitor.Alerts():
 			logger.Warningf("metric alert for %s: Peer: %s.", alrt.MetricName, alrt.Peer)
+			c.alertsMux.Lock()
+			c.alerts[peer.IDB58Encode(alrt.Peer)] = *alrt
+			c.alertsMux.Unlock()
+
 			if alrt.MetricName != pingMetricName {
 				continue // only handle ping alerts
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/formatters.go b/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/formatters.go
index 317da9fe..0780df2c 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/formatters.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/formatters.go
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ func textFormatObject(resp interface{}) {
 		for _, item := range resp.([]string) {
 			textFormatObject(item)
 		}
+	case map[string]api.Alert:
+		for i := range resp.(map[string]api.Alert) {
+			fmt.Printf("peer is down: %s\n", i)
+		}
 	default:
 		checkErr("", errors.New("unsupported type returned"))
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/main.go b/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/main.go
index f9e86a5f..a5c29878 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs-cluster-ctl/main.go
@@ -977,6 +977,16 @@ but usually are:
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:        "alerts",
+			Usage:       "Show things which are wrong with this cluster",
+			Description: "Show things which are wrong with this cluster",
+			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				resp, cerr := globalClient.Alerts(ctx)
+				formatResponse(c, resp, cerr)
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			Name:        "ipfs",
 			Usage:       "Manage IPFS daemon",
diff --git a/rpc_api.go b/rpc_api.go
index f6254478..0bbcb717 100644
--- a/rpc_api.go
+++ b/rpc_api.go
@@ -459,6 +459,13 @@ func (rpcapi *ClusterRPCAPI) SendInformersMetrics(ctx context.Context, in struct
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Alerts runs Cluster.Alerts().
+func (rpcapi *ClusterRPCAPI) Alerts(ctx context.Context, in struct{}, out *map[string]api.Alert) error {
+	alerts := rpcapi.c.Alerts()
+	*out = alerts
+	return nil
+}
+
 /*
    Tracker component methods
 */
diff --git a/rpc_policy.go b/rpc_policy.go
index e784d3c8..ebf2378f 100644
--- a/rpc_policy.go
+++ b/rpc_policy.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var DefaultRPCPolicy = map[string]RPCEndpointType{
 	"Cluster.RepoGCLocal":          RPCTrusted,
 	"Cluster.SendInformerMetric":   RPCClosed,
 	"Cluster.SendInformersMetrics": RPCClosed,
+	"Cluster.Alerts":               RPCClosed,
 	"Cluster.Status":               RPCClosed,
 	"Cluster.StatusAll":            RPCClosed,
 	"Cluster.StatusAllLocal":       RPCClosed,