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A 200 status code doesn't mean your API is healthy. Learn how to set up scheduled API tests with assertions that check response bodies, JSONPath values, response time, headers, and TLS certificates.
Stop losing sleep over silent cron failures. Learn how dead man's switch monitoring works, compare DIY and hosted approaches, and set up heartbeat pings for your scheduled jobs.
A practical guide to building a public status page for your API or SaaS. Covers self-hosted options like Upptime and Gatus, SaaS alternatives, incident management, and what actually belongs on a good status page.
A real cost breakdown of the 6 tools most dev teams pay for separately — webhook capture, relay, uptime monitoring, heartbeats, API testing, and status pages — and how to consolidate them.
Learn how to monitor your webhook endpoints for downtime. Covers health checks, alerting strategies, and what to do when webhook delivery fails.