diff --git a/model/alertrule.go b/model/alertrule.go
index 29819900..e47668b2 100644
--- a/model/alertrule.go
+++ b/model/alertrule.go
@@ -196,6 +196,25 @@ func (r *AlertRule) Check(points [][]bool) (int, bool) {
 	return slices.Max(durations), hasPassedRule
 }
 
+// RetentionWindow 返回保留历史采样所需的长度（各规则窗口的最大值），只依赖
+// 规则定义而非 Check 的判定结果——否则窗口未填满时 Check 返回的 max=0 会被
+// 误判为"无需历史"而清空采样，使规则永远攒不够样本。
+func (r *AlertRule) RetentionWindow() int {
+	window := 0
+	for _, rule := range r.Rules {
+		var need int
+		if rule.IsTransferDurationRule() || rule.IsOfflineRule() {
+			need = 1
+		} else if d := int(rule.Duration); d > 0 {
+			need = d
+		}
+		if need > window {
+			window = need
+		}
+	}
+	return window
+}
+
 func boundCheck(length, duration int, passed bool) bool {
 	if passed {
 		return true
diff --git a/model/alertrule_test.go b/model/alertrule_test.go
index 5b0c1b35..393c16bc 100644
--- a/model/alertrule_test.go
+++ b/model/alertrule_test.go
@@ -360,3 +360,67 @@ func TestAlertRule_ZeroDurationMixedWithValidRule(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("the valid Duration:3 rule must still set max=3, got %d", maxD)
 	}
 }
+
+// trimSamples mirrors singleton.checkStatus retention: keep the most recent
+// `window` samples, clear when window<=0. window comes from RetentionWindow(),
+// the production code under test.
+func trimSamples(samples [][]bool, window int) [][]bool {
+	if window <= 0 {
+		return samples[:0]
+	} else if window < len(samples) {
+		return samples[len(samples)-window:]
+	}
+	return samples
+}
+
+// TestAlertRule_GeneralRuleAccumulatesSamples is a regression guard: a normal
+// Duration>1 general rule must be able to fire. checkStatus appends one sample
+// per tick then trims to the retention window; if the window is derived from
+// Check's verdict (which is 0 while the rule is still filling) the history is
+// wiped every tick, the window never reaches Duration, and the alert never
+// raises. RetentionWindow() must keep enough samples for the rule to converge.
+func TestAlertRule_GeneralRuleAccumulatesSamples(t *testing.T) {
+	const duration = 10
+	rule := &AlertRule{
+		Rules: []*Rule{{Type: "cpu", Duration: duration}},
+	}
+
+	var samples [][]bool
+	var lastPassed bool
+	maxLen := 0
+	for tick := 0; tick < duration*3; tick++ {
+		samples = append(samples, []bool{false}) // failing sample
+		_, lastPassed = rule.Check(samples)
+		samples = trimSamples(samples, rule.RetentionWindow())
+		if len(samples) > maxLen {
+			maxLen = len(samples)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if maxLen < duration {
+		t.Fatalf("samples never accumulated to Duration: max window reached %d, want >= %d", maxLen, duration)
+	}
+	if lastPassed {
+		t.Fatalf("a server failing every tick must eventually fail the check (passed=false), got passed=true")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAlertRule_RetentionWindow pins the retention contract directly.
+func TestAlertRule_RetentionWindow(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		msg  string
+		rule *AlertRule
+		want int
+	}{
+		{"single general", &AlertRule{Rules: []*Rule{{Type: "cpu", Duration: 10}}}, 10},
+		{"zero duration only", &AlertRule{Rules: []*Rule{{Type: "cpu", Duration: 0}}}, 0},
+		{"mixed picks max", &AlertRule{Rules: []*Rule{{Type: "cpu", Duration: 0}, {Type: "cpu", Duration: 7}}}, 7},
+		{"offline looks back one", &AlertRule{Rules: []*Rule{{Type: "offline", Duration: 30}}}, 1},
+		{"cycle looks back one", &AlertRule{Rules: []*Rule{{Type: "net_in_speed_cycle"}}}, 1},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := c.rule.RetentionWindow(); got != c.want {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: RetentionWindow()=%d want %d", c.msg, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/service/singleton/alertsentinel.go b/service/singleton/alertsentinel.go
index 6af6c6fe..b17aeed8 100644
--- a/service/singleton/alertsentinel.go
+++ b/service/singleton/alertsentinel.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func checkStatus() {
 			alertsStore[alert.ID][server.ID] = append(alertsStore[alert.
 				ID][server.ID], alert.Snapshot(AlertsCycleTransferStatsStore[alert.ID], server, DB))
 			// 发送通知，分为触发报警和恢复通知
-			max, passed := alert.Check(alertsStore[alert.ID][server.ID])
+			_, passed := alert.Check(alertsStore[alert.ID][server.ID])
 			// 保存当前服务器状态信息
 			curServer := model.Server{}
 			copier.Copy(&curServer, server)
@@ -184,15 +184,15 @@ func checkStatus() {
 				}
 				alertsPrevState[alert.ID][server.ID] = _RuleCheckPass
 			}
-			// 清理旧数据：只需保留最近 max 个采样点（各规则 Duration 的最大值）。
-			// max==0 表示该 alert 没有任何有效规则会回看历史（例如全部
-			// Duration<=0 被跳过），此时历史采样无用，必须清空——否则每个
-			// tick 都 append 而永不裁剪，切片会无限增长成内存泄漏。
+			// 清理旧数据：保留窗口由规则定义决定（各规则 Duration 的最大值），
+			// 而非 Check 的判定结果。window==0 表示没有任何有效规则需要回看历史
+			// （例如全部 Duration<=0），此时清空采样避免切片无限增长。
+			window := alert.RetentionWindow()
 			samples := alertsStore[alert.ID][server.ID]
-			if max <= 0 {
+			if window <= 0 {
 				alertsStore[alert.ID][server.ID] = samples[:0]
-			} else if max < len(samples) {
-				alertsStore[alert.ID][server.ID] = samples[len(samples)-max:]
+			} else if window < len(samples) {
+				alertsStore[alert.ID][server.ID] = samples[len(samples)-window:]
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/service/singleton/alertsentinel_test.go b/service/singleton/alertsentinel_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2ff8e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/singleton/alertsentinel_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package singleton
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nezhahq/nezha/model"
+)
+
+// notifyDecision replays the exact send-gate from checkStatus (lines 164-186)
+// for a single (alert, server) pair: given the current Check verdict and the
+// previous stored state, it reports whether an incident or recovery notification
+// would be dispatched and what the next stored state becomes. Kept in lockstep
+// with checkStatus so the end-to-end "does it actually notify" path is testable
+// without the DB/global singletons checkStatus pulls in.
+func notifyDecision(triggerMode uint8, passed bool, prev uint8) (incident, recover bool, next uint8) {
+	if !passed {
+		if triggerMode == model.ModeAlwaysTrigger || prev != _RuleCheckFail {
+			return true, false, _RuleCheckFail
+		}
+		return false, false, _RuleCheckFail
+	}
+	if prev == _RuleCheckFail {
+		return false, true, _RuleCheckPass
+	}
+	return false, false, _RuleCheckPass
+}
+
+// driveCheckStatus simulates the checkStatus tick loop end-to-end: each tick
+// appends one sample, runs the real Check, applies the real RetentionWindow
+// trim, then runs the send-gate. It returns how many incident notifications
+// would have been dispatched across all ticks and the final sample window size.
+func driveCheckStatus(rule *model.AlertRule, triggerMode uint8, ticks int, sample []bool) (incidents int, finalWindow int) {
+	var samples [][]bool
+	prev := uint8(_RuleCheckNoData)
+	for i := 0; i < ticks; i++ {
+		samples = append(samples, append([]bool(nil), sample...))
+		_, passed := rule.Check(samples)
+		w := rule.RetentionWindow()
+		if w <= 0 {
+			samples = samples[:0]
+		} else if w < len(samples) {
+			samples = samples[len(samples)-w:]
+		}
+		incident, _, next := notifyDecision(triggerMode, passed, prev)
+		if incident {
+			incidents++
+		}
+		prev = next
+	}
+	return incidents, len(samples)
+}
+
+// TestCheckStatus_GeneralRuleFiresIncident is the end-to-end guard for the
+// regression: a Duration:10 rule on a server that fails every tick must,
+// after the window fills, reach passed=false and actually dispatch an incident
+// notification. Before the fix the window was wiped each tick, so passed never
+// became false and zero notifications were sent.
+func TestCheckStatus_GeneralRuleFiresIncident(t *testing.T) {
+	rule := &model.AlertRule{Rules: []*model.Rule{{Type: "cpu", Duration: 10}}}
+
+	t.Run("AlwaysTrigger fires repeatedly once window fills", func(t *testing.T) {
+		incidents, window := driveCheckStatus(rule, model.ModeAlwaysTrigger, 30, []bool{false})
+		if window < 10 {
+			t.Fatalf("window never filled: got %d want >= 10", window)
+		}
+		if incidents == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("AlwaysTrigger rule never dispatched an incident notification")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("OnetimeTrigger fires exactly once", func(t *testing.T) {
+		incidents, _ := driveCheckStatus(rule, model.ModeOnetimeTrigger, 30, []bool{false})
+		if incidents != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("OnetimeTrigger must dispatch exactly one incident, got %d", incidents)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// TestCheckStatus_HealthyServerStaysSilent guards the other direction: a server
+// passing every tick must never dispatch an incident.
+func TestCheckStatus_HealthyServerStaysSilent(t *testing.T) {
+	rule := &model.AlertRule{Rules: []*model.Rule{{Type: "cpu", Duration: 10}}}
+	incidents, _ := driveCheckStatus(rule, model.ModeAlwaysTrigger, 30, []bool{true})
+	if incidents != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a healthy server must never trigger an incident, got %d", incidents)
+	}
+}