diff --git a/doc/admin/observability/alert_solutions.md b/doc/admin/observability/alert_solutions.md
index 00cccd5155d..67ce684dd6e 100644
--- a/doc/admin/observability/alert_solutions.md
+++ b/doc/admin/observability/alert_solutions.md
@@ -842,6 +842,30 @@ To learn more about Sourcegraph's alerting and how to set up alerts, see [our al
 
 <br />
 
+## frontend: mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request
+
+<p class="subtitle">mean blocked seconds per conn request</p>
+
+**Descriptions**
+
+- <span class="badge badge-warning">warning</span> frontend: 0.05s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 5m0s
+- <span class="badge badge-critical">critical</span> frontend: 0.1s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 10m0s
+
+**Possible solutions**
+
+- **Silence this alert:** If you are aware of this alert and want to silence notifications for it, add the following to your site configuration and set a reminder to re-evaluate the alert:
+
+```json
+"observability.silenceAlerts": [
+  "warning_frontend_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request",
+  "critical_frontend_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request"
+]
+```
+
+<sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
+
+<br />
+
 ## frontend: internal_indexed_search_error_responses
 
 <p class="subtitle">internal indexed search error responses every 5m</p>
@@ -1453,6 +1477,30 @@ To learn more about Sourcegraph's alerting and how to set up alerts, see [our al
 
 <br />
 
+## gitserver: mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request
+
+<p class="subtitle">mean blocked seconds per conn request</p>
+
+**Descriptions**
+
+- <span class="badge badge-warning">warning</span> gitserver: 0.05s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 5m0s
+- <span class="badge badge-critical">critical</span> gitserver: 0.1s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 10m0s
+
+**Possible solutions**
+
+- **Silence this alert:** If you are aware of this alert and want to silence notifications for it, add the following to your site configuration and set a reminder to re-evaluate the alert:
+
+```json
+"observability.silenceAlerts": [
+  "warning_gitserver_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request",
+  "critical_gitserver_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request"
+]
+```
+
+<sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
+
+<br />
+
 ## gitserver: container_cpu_usage
 
 <p class="subtitle">container cpu usage total (1m average) across all cores by instance</p>
@@ -2402,6 +2450,30 @@ To learn more about Sourcegraph's alerting and how to set up alerts, see [our al
 
 <br />
 
+## precise-code-intel-worker: mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request
+
+<p class="subtitle">mean blocked seconds per conn request</p>
+
+**Descriptions**
+
+- <span class="badge badge-warning">warning</span> precise-code-intel-worker: 0.05s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 5m0s
+- <span class="badge badge-critical">critical</span> precise-code-intel-worker: 0.1s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 10m0s
+
+**Possible solutions**
+
+- **Silence this alert:** If you are aware of this alert and want to silence notifications for it, add the following to your site configuration and set a reminder to re-evaluate the alert:
+
+```json
+"observability.silenceAlerts": [
+  "warning_precise-code-intel-worker_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request",
+  "critical_precise-code-intel-worker_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request"
+]
+```
+
+<sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
+
+<br />
+
 ## precise-code-intel-worker: frontend_internal_api_error_responses
 
 <p class="subtitle">frontend-internal API error responses every 5m by route</p>
@@ -3210,6 +3282,30 @@ To learn more about Sourcegraph's alerting and how to set up alerts, see [our al
 
 <br />
 
+## worker: mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request
+
+<p class="subtitle">mean blocked seconds per conn request</p>
+
+**Descriptions**
+
+- <span class="badge badge-warning">warning</span> worker: 0.05s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 5m0s
+- <span class="badge badge-critical">critical</span> worker: 0.1s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 10m0s
+
+**Possible solutions**
+
+- **Silence this alert:** If you are aware of this alert and want to silence notifications for it, add the following to your site configuration and set a reminder to re-evaluate the alert:
+
+```json
+"observability.silenceAlerts": [
+  "warning_worker_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request",
+  "critical_worker_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request"
+]
+```
+
+<sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
+
+<br />
+
 ## worker: frontend_internal_api_error_responses
 
 <p class="subtitle">frontend-internal API error responses every 5m by route</p>
@@ -4163,6 +4259,30 @@ with your code hosts connections or networking issues affecting communication wi
 
 <br />
 
+## repo-updater: mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request
+
+<p class="subtitle">mean blocked seconds per conn request</p>
+
+**Descriptions**
+
+- <span class="badge badge-warning">warning</span> repo-updater: 0.05s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 5m0s
+- <span class="badge badge-critical">critical</span> repo-updater: 0.1s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 10m0s
+
+**Possible solutions**
+
+- **Silence this alert:** If you are aware of this alert and want to silence notifications for it, add the following to your site configuration and set a reminder to re-evaluate the alert:
+
+```json
+"observability.silenceAlerts": [
+  "warning_repo-updater_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request",
+  "critical_repo-updater_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request"
+]
+```
+
+<sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
+
+<br />
+
 ## repo-updater: container_cpu_usage
 
 <p class="subtitle">container cpu usage total (1m average) across all cores by instance</p>
@@ -5966,6 +6086,30 @@ with your code hosts connections or networking issues affecting communication wi
 
 <br />
 
+## executor-queue: mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request
+
+<p class="subtitle">mean blocked seconds per conn request</p>
+
+**Descriptions**
+
+- <span class="badge badge-warning">warning</span> executor-queue: 0.05s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 5m0s
+- <span class="badge badge-critical">critical</span> executor-queue: 0.1s+ mean blocked seconds per conn request for 10m0s
+
+**Possible solutions**
+
+- **Silence this alert:** If you are aware of this alert and want to silence notifications for it, add the following to your site configuration and set a reminder to re-evaluate the alert:
+
+```json
+"observability.silenceAlerts": [
+  "warning_executor-queue_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request",
+  "critical_executor-queue_mean_blocked_seconds_per_conn_request"
+]
+```
+
+<sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
+
+<br />
+
 ## executor-queue: frontend_internal_api_error_responses
 
 <p class="subtitle">frontend-internal API error responses every 5m by route</p>
diff --git a/doc/admin/observability/dashboards.md b/doc/admin/observability/dashboards.md
index e998f6e45df..8365ba7658c 100644
--- a/doc/admin/observability/dashboards.md
+++ b/doc/admin/observability/dashboards.md
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ This panel indicates idle.
 
 This panel indicates mean blocked seconds per conn request.
 
+> NOTE: Alerts related to this panel are documented in the [alert solutions reference](./alert_solutions.md#frontend-mean-blocked-seconds-per-conn-request).
+
 <sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
 
 <br />
@@ -978,6 +980,8 @@ This panel indicates idle.
 
 This panel indicates mean blocked seconds per conn request.
 
+> NOTE: Alerts related to this panel are documented in the [alert solutions reference](./alert_solutions.md#gitserver-mean-blocked-seconds-per-conn-request).
+
 <sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
 
 <br />
@@ -1641,6 +1645,8 @@ This panel indicates idle.
 
 This panel indicates mean blocked seconds per conn request.
 
+> NOTE: Alerts related to this panel are documented in the [alert solutions reference](./alert_solutions.md#precise-code-intel-worker-mean-blocked-seconds-per-conn-request).
+
 <sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
 
 <br />
@@ -2171,6 +2177,8 @@ This panel indicates idle.
 
 This panel indicates mean blocked seconds per conn request.
 
+> NOTE: Alerts related to this panel are documented in the [alert solutions reference](./alert_solutions.md#worker-mean-blocked-seconds-per-conn-request).
+
 <sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
 
 <br />
@@ -2739,6 +2747,8 @@ This panel indicates idle.
 
 This panel indicates mean blocked seconds per conn request.
 
+> NOTE: Alerts related to this panel are documented in the [alert solutions reference](./alert_solutions.md#repo-updater-mean-blocked-seconds-per-conn-request).
+
 <sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
 
 <br />
@@ -3912,6 +3922,8 @@ This panel indicates idle.
 
 This panel indicates mean blocked seconds per conn request.
 
+> NOTE: Alerts related to this panel are documented in the [alert solutions reference](./alert_solutions.md#executor-queue-mean-blocked-seconds-per-conn-request).
+
 <sub>*Managed by the [Sourcegraph Core application team](https://about.sourcegraph.com/handbook/engineering/core-application).*</sub>
 
 <br />
diff --git a/monitoring/definitions/shared/dbconns.go b/monitoring/definitions/shared/dbconns.go
index d29e2f3a70b..60637bd7f76 100644
--- a/monitoring/definitions/shared/dbconns.go
+++ b/monitoring/definitions/shared/dbconns.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package shared
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/monitoring/monitoring"
 )
@@ -61,10 +62,11 @@ func DatabaseConnectionsMonitoring(app string) []monitoring.Row {
 				Description: "mean blocked seconds per conn request",
 				Query: fmt.Sprintf(`sum by (app_name, db_name) (increase(src_pgsql_conns_blocked_seconds{app_name=%q}[5m])) / `+
 					`sum by (app_name, db_name) (increase(src_pgsql_conns_waited_for{app_name=%q}[5m]))`, app, app),
-				Panel:          monitoring.Panel().LegendFormat("dbname={{db_name}}").Unit(monitoring.Seconds),
-				NoAlert:        true,
-				Owner:          monitoring.ObservableOwnerCoreApplication,
-				Interpretation: "none",
+				Panel:             monitoring.Panel().LegendFormat("dbname={{db_name}}").Unit(monitoring.Seconds),
+				Warning:           monitoring.Alert().GreaterOrEqual(0.05, nil).For(5 * time.Minute),
+				Critical:          monitoring.Alert().GreaterOrEqual(0.10, nil).For(10 * time.Minute),
+				Owner:             monitoring.ObservableOwnerCoreApplication,
+				PossibleSolutions: "none",
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/monitoring/monitoring/monitoring.go b/monitoring/monitoring/monitoring.go
index ad21a9e1be3..49637cd042f 100644
--- a/monitoring/monitoring/monitoring.go
+++ b/monitoring/monitoring/monitoring.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (c *Container) validate() error {
 		return errors.Errorf("Title must be in Title Case; found \"%s\" want \"%s\"", c.Title, strings.Title(c.Title))
 	}
 	if c.Description != withPeriod(c.Description) || c.Description != upperFirst(c.Description) {
-		return errors.Errorf("Description must be sentence starting with an uppercas eletter and ending with period; found \"%s\"", c.Description)
+		return errors.Errorf("Description must be sentence starting with an uppercase letter and ending with period; found \"%s\"", c.Description)
 	}
 	for i, g := range c.Groups {
 		if err := g.validate(); err != nil {