Monitoring Overview

StatusPageOne's monitoring system continuously watches your websites, web applications, and APIs using HTTP/HTTPS requests to detect issues before they impact your users. Our monitoring infrastructure runs from multiple regions to ensure reliable uptime monitoring.

How Monitoring Works

Our monitoring system operates on a proven HTTP-based approach:

1. Scheduled HTTP Checks: We send HTTP requests to your endpoints at configured intervals
2. Multi-Region Validation: Checks run from multiple regions to prevent false positives
3. Instant Notifications: When issues are confirmed across regions, you're notified immediately
4. Automatic Recovery Detection: We monitor for service recovery and notify you when services are back online

Monitor Types

StatusPageOne specializes in HTTP/HTTPS monitoring to cover your web services and APIs:

HTTP/HTTPS Monitoring

Monitor websites, web applications, and REST APIs with comprehensive HTTP checks.

Supported HTTP Methods:

• GET (default)
• POST
• PUT
• PATCH

Features:

• Custom request headers
• Basic authentication (username/password)
• Response validation (HTTP status codes)
• Content matching (check if specific text is found or not found)
• Response time tracking
• SSL certificate validation
• Timeout configuration (5-60 seconds)
• Retry logic (0-3 retries before alerting)

Check Types:

• Uptime Monitoring: Verifies your service responds with expected HTTP status codes
• Content Monitoring: Checks if specific content is present or absent in the response

Use Cases:

• Website availability monitoring
• REST API endpoint health checks
• E-commerce site monitoring
• Authentication endpoint validation
• Health check endpoints
• Content delivery verification

Check Intervals

Monitor frequency depends on your plan:

Alert Logic & False Positive Prevention

StatusPageOne uses intelligent alert logic to minimize false positives while ensuring you don't miss real issues.

Multi-Region Validation

When a monitor fails in one region, we automatically:

1. Immediate Recheck: Retry the same region to rule out temporary network issues
2. Cross-Region Check: Test from other configured regions (if you have multiple regions selected)
3. Consensus Decision: Alert only when failures are confirmed across regions
4. Retry Logic: Apply your configured retry attempts (0-3 retries) before alerting

Alert Sensitivity (Retry Configuration)

Configure how many retries happen before an alert is sent:

• None (0 retries): Immediate alerting on first failure
• 1 retry: Alert after 1 failed retry attempt
• 2 retries: Alert after 2 failed retry attempts
• 3 retries: Alert after 3 failed retry attempts (most conservative)

Smart Recovery Detection

We monitor for service recovery and automatically:

• Detect when services come back online
• Send recovery notifications
• Update status pages automatically
• Calculate accurate downtime duration

Response Time Monitoring

Track the performance of your services with detailed response time metrics:

Metrics We Track

• Average Response Time: Mean response time over the monitoring period
• 95th Percentile: Response time that 95% of requests fall under
• Maximum Response Time: Slowest response in the time period
• Uptime Percentage: Percentage of successful checks

Performance Alerts

Set up alerts for performance degradation:

• Slow Response Alerts: When response times exceed your threshold
• Performance Trend Alerts: When response times show degrading trends
• SLA Breach Alerts: When uptime falls below your SLA targets

Monitor States

Your monitors can be in one of several states:

🟢 Up (Operational)

• All recent checks have passed
• Response times are within normal ranges
• Service is fully operational

🟡 Degraded Performance

• Service is responding but slower than normal
• Some regions may be experiencing issues
• Service is partially functional

🔴 Down (Outage)

• Service is not responding or returning errors
• Multiple regions confirm the failure
• Service is unavailable

🔵 Maintenance

• Scheduled maintenance is in progress
• Monitoring may be paused or alerts suppressed
• Expected downtime period

⚪ Unknown

• Unable to determine service status
• May indicate configuration issues
• Requires investigation

Getting Started with Monitoring

Ready to set up your monitors? Here's where to go next:

1. Create Your First Monitor - Step-by-step guide to setting up monitoring
2. Monitor Types Deep Dive - Detailed configuration for each monitor type
3. Setting Up Alerts - Configure notifications and escalation policies
4. Regional Monitoring - Choose the best regions for your services

Monitoring Limits

Different plans have different monitoring capabilities:

Need more monitoring capacity? Upgrade your plan or contact sales for enterprise options.