diff --git a/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml b/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml
index 3d3909c..ebc8a28 100644
--- a/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml
+++ b/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ groups:
     for: 10m
   - alert: WAL archive process failed
     expr: >-
-      pg_stat_archiver_failed_count > 0
+      max_over_time(
+        increase(pg_stat_archiver_failed_count)[20m]
+      )> 0
     annotations:
       summary: The archiver process failed for one or more WAL segments
       description: >-