diff --git a/apps/monitoring/backup-restic-alerts.yaml b/apps/monitoring/backup-restic-alerts.yaml
index 83615e5..a30ab03 100644
--- a/apps/monitoring/backup-restic-alerts.yaml
+++ b/apps/monitoring/backup-restic-alerts.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ spec:
               `backup_prometheus_timestamp_seconds` sample in more
               than 28 hours. Expected daily at 03:30 UTC.
               Runbook: docs/monitoring/restic-restore.md
+        - alert: BackupForgejoStale
+          expr: time() - max(backup_forgejo_timestamp_seconds) > 28 * 3600
+          for: 15m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            service: monitoring
+            component: backup
+            repo: forgejo
+          annotations:
+            summary: "Forgejo restic backup is stale (>28h)"
+            description: |
+              `forgejo-backup` has not written a fresh
+              `backup_forgejo_timestamp_seconds` sample in more
+              than 28 hours. Expected daily at 03:00 UTC.
+              Runbook: docs/monitoring/restic-restore.md
     - name: backup-restic.integrity
       interval: 60s
       rules:
@@ -165,6 +180,21 @@ spec:
               exit code {{ $value }} on the prometheus
               repository.
               Runbook: docs/monitoring/restic-restore.md
+        - alert: BackupForgejoCheckFailed
+          expr: backup_forgejo_check_status != 0
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            service: monitoring
+            component: backup
+            repo: forgejo
+          annotations:
+            summary: "restic check failed on forgejo repo"
+            description: |
+              `restic check --read-data-subset=5%` returned
+              exit code {{ $value }} on the forgejo
+              repository.
+              Runbook: docs/monitoring/restic-restore.md
     - name: backup-restic.size
       interval: 60s
       rules: