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Tag: uptime monitoring
Browse 9 posts tagged “uptime monitoring”.
When Your Monitoring Infrastructure Goes Down
On March 19, 2026, our infrastructure provider had a 16-minute network outage. Our monitoring scheduler sits on that VPS — so every user's monitors simultaneously reported DOWN. Here's exactly what happened, why it's a hard problem, and what we built to prevent it from happening again.
Why Your Status Page Is Useless During an Outage (And How to Fix It)
Many status pages fail exactly when users need them most. Learn the common failure modes during outages and how to design a status page architecture that still works when everything else is breaking.
Is My Website Down? How to Check in 2 Minutes (2026 Guide)
A fast, practical checklist to confirm whether your website is actually down (or if it’s DNS, your network, or a regional issue). Includes step-by-step checks, terminal commands, and what to do next.
How to Reduce False Downtime Alerts (2026 Guide)
A practical 2026 guide to reducing false downtime alerts using multi-region checks, confirmation thresholds, smarter alerting rules, and proper monitor configuration. Includes step-by-step fixes and common mistakes.
How to Set Up a Status Page in Under 5 Minutes (2026 Tutorial)
Step-by-step tutorial showing how to create a status page with uptime monitoring in under 5 minutes. No credit card required, no complex setup - just a working status page monitoring your site every 60 seconds.
What Happens If StatusPage.me Goes Down?
An honest look at what actually happens if a status page provider goes down, how we designed StatusPage.me to fail gracefully, and what tradeoffs still exist.
Status Page Best Practices (2026): Incidents, Maintenance, Templates, and Trust
A practical 2026 playbook for running a status page that reduces support tickets, improves trust, and keeps customers informed. Includes checklists, copy/paste templates, incident update cadence, maintenance workflow, and common mistakes to avoid.
Status Page vs Uptime Monitoring: What’s the Difference and Why You Need Both
Status page vs uptime monitoring explained. Learn how they differ, when to use each, and why modern SaaS teams need both to detect outages early and communicate incidents clearly to users.
Why Your CDN Can Return 200 OK When Your App Is Down (and How to Fix Monitoring)
CDNs can serve cached pages or friendly fallbacks and still return HTTP 200, even when your origin is failing. Learn why uptime is not the same as availability, how false positives happen behind Cloudflare/Fastly/Akamai, and how to fix it with a non-cached health endpoint.