diff --git a/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/frontend.test.ts.snap b/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/frontend.test.ts.snap
index 945293c9b0..eaacd52ce4 100644
--- a/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/frontend.test.ts.snap
+++ b/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/frontend.test.ts.snap
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ exports[`The Frontend stack matches the snapshot 1`] = `
       "GuAlarm",
       "GuAlarm",
       "GuAlarm",
+      "GuAlarm",
     ],
     "gu:cdk:version": "TEST",
   },
@@ -1344,6 +1345,64 @@ exports[`The Frontend stack matches the snapshot 1`] = `
       },
       "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm",
     },
+    "ServerSideHighThresholdCreateFailureAlarm1DE4A5A9": {
+      "Properties": {
+        "ActionsEnabled": true,
+        "AlarmActions": [
+          {
+            "Fn::Join": [
+              "",
+              [
+                "arn:aws:sns:",
+                {
+                  "Ref": "AWS::Region",
+                },
+                ":",
+                {
+                  "Ref": "AWS::AccountId",
+                },
+                ":alarms-handler-topic-PROD",
+              ],
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+        "AlarmDescription": "Impact - Someone pressed buy on a recurring product but received an error. This has happened multiple times for a known reason.. Follow the process in https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_3El3cly9d7u_jPgTcRjLxmdG2e919zCLvmcFCLOYAk/edit",
+        "AlarmName": "Support-frontend create recurring product call failed multiple times for a known reason",
+        "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold",
+        "Dimensions": [
+          {
+            "Name": "Stage",
+            "Value": "PROD",
+          },
+        ],
+        "EvaluationPeriods": 60,
+        "MetricName": "ServerSideHighThresholdCreateFailure",
+        "Namespace": "support-frontend",
+        "Period": 60,
+        "Statistic": "Sum",
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "gu:cdk:version",
+            "Value": "TEST",
+          },
+          {
+            "Key": "gu:repo",
+            "Value": "guardian/support-frontend",
+          },
+          {
+            "Key": "Stack",
+            "Value": "support",
+          },
+          {
+            "Key": "Stage",
+            "Value": "PROD",
+          },
+        ],
+        "Threshold": 10,
+        "TreatMissingData": "notBreaching",
+      },
+      "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm",
+    },
     "SettingsBucket420EA4B0": {
       "Properties": {
         "PolicyDocument": {
diff --git a/cdk/lib/frontend.ts b/cdk/lib/frontend.ts
index 49195055d6..df9b3a5d77 100644
--- a/cdk/lib/frontend.ts
+++ b/cdk/lib/frontend.ts
@@ -331,6 +331,32 @@ export class Frontend extends GuStack {
         snsTopicName: `alarms-handler-topic-${this.stage}`,
       });
 
+      new GuAlarm(this, "ServerSideHighThresholdCreateFailureAlarm", {
+        app,
+        alarmName: alarmName(
+          "support-frontend create recurring product call failed multiple times for a known reason"
+        ),
+        alarmDescription: alarmDescription(
+          "Someone pressed buy on a recurring product but received an error. This has happened multiple times for a known reason."
+        ),
+        actionsEnabled: shouldCreateAlarms,
+        threshold: 10,
+        evaluationPeriods: 60,
+        comparisonOperator:
+          ComparisonOperator.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO_THRESHOLD,
+        metric: new Metric({
+          metricName: "ServerSideHighThresholdCreateFailure",
+          namespace: "support-frontend",
+          dimensionsMap: {
+            Stage: "PROD",
+          },
+          statistic: "Sum",
+          period: Duration.minutes(1),
+        }),
+        treatMissingData: TreatMissingData.NOT_BREACHING,
+        snsTopicName: `alarms-handler-topic-${this.stage}`,
+      });
+
       new GuAlarm(this, "GetDeliveryAgentsFailure", {
         app,
         alarmName: alarmName("support-frontend GetDeliveryAgentsFailure"),