diff --git a/k8s/webrtc-be/templates/alerts.yaml b/k8s/webrtc-be/templates/alerts.yaml
index 8f66a1f..092a16a 100644
--- a/k8s/webrtc-be/templates/alerts.yaml
+++ b/k8s/webrtc-be/templates/alerts.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
 
     - alert: WebrtcBeCrashed
       expr: increase(kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total{container="webrtc-be", namespace="webrtc-be"}[5m]) > 0
-      for: 1m
+      # Instant alert - no 'for' duration
       labels:
         severity: critical
       annotations:
@@ -29,3 +29,14 @@ spec:
         description: "The webrtc-be pod has crashed. Please check the logs."
         loki_link: >-
           {{ .Values.grafana.externalUrl }}/explore?orgId=1&left=["now-1h","now","Loki",{"expr":"{container=\"webrtc-be\", namespace=\"webrtc-be\"}"}]
+
+    - alert: WebrtcBeDown
+      expr: kube_deployment_status_replicas_available{deployment="webrtc-be", namespace="webrtc-be"} == 0
+      for: 1m
+      labels:
+        severity: critical
+      annotations:
+        summary: "webrtc-be is down"
+        description: "The webrtc-be service has been unavailable for more than 1 minute."
+        loki_link: >-
+          {{ .Values.grafana.externalUrl }}/explore?orgId=1&left=["now-1h","now","Loki",{"expr":"{container=\"webrtc-be\", namespace=\"webrtc-be\"}"}]