How to Monitor Third-Party APIs and SaaS Dependencies (Developer Guide)
Every app depends on third-party APIs. Here is how to monitor them properly — with alerts, runbooks, and the tools that actually work — so outages stop surprising your team.
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Every app depends on third-party APIs. Here is how to monitor them properly — with alerts, runbooks, and the tools that actually work — so outages stop surprising your team.
ChatGPT not working? Learn how to check if OpenAI or ChatGPT is down, what the error codes mean, and how to get instant alerts when the API goes down — so your team stops wasting hours on a problem that isn't yours.
Cloudflare down? Here is how to instantly check whether it is a Cloudflare outage or something else — and how to get automatic alerts so your team knows before your users do.
Website not loading? Learn 6 fast ways to check if a site is down for everyone or just you — plus how to get automatic alerts so you're never the last to know.
Discord not loading? Voice channels dropping? Learn how to check if Discord is down, what the error codes mean, how outages affect voice vs text vs the API differently, and how developers can get instant alerts.
Linear not loading? Issues syncing or creating tasks? Learn how to check if Linear is down, what breaks during an outage, how it impacts dev teams, and how to get instant alerts before your team notices.
Render deployments failing? Services not responding? Learn how to check if Render is down, what breaks during an outage, how to protect your production apps, and how to get instant alerts.
Slack not loading? Channels not updating? Learn how to check if Slack is down, what breaks during an outage (channels vs Huddles vs API), and how to get instant alerts so your team isn't left guessing.
Stripe payments failing? Learn how to check if Stripe is down, what error codes mean during an outage, how to protect revenue with graceful degradation, and how to get instant alerts before your customers notice.
Supabase database unreachable? Auth failing? Learn how to check if Supabase is down, what breaks during an outage, how to protect your app's data layer, and how to get instant alerts.