Merge pull request #1390 from elementary-data/ele-2410-split-send_ale…

…rts-flow-to-multiple-steps

ELE-2410 - split send_alerts flow to multiple steps

elementary/monitor/data_monitoring/alerts/data_monitoring_alerts.py

@@ -262,13 +262,14 @@ def _send_alerts(
 
         # Now update as sent:
         self.sent_alert_count = len(sent_successfully_alerts)
-        self.alerts_api.update_sent_alerts(
-            [alert.id for alert in sent_successfully_alerts]
-        )
+        self._update_sent_alerts([alert.id for alert in sent_successfully_alerts])
 
         # Now update sent alerts counter:
         self.execution_properties["sent_alert_count"] = self.sent_alert_count
 
+    def _update_sent_alerts(self, alert_ids: List[str]):
+        self.alerts_api.update_sent_alerts(alert_ids=alert_ids)
+
     def _skip_alerts(self, alerts: List[PendingAlertSchema]):
         self.alerts_api.skip_alerts(alerts)