27 posts in this category
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.
Redis connections timing out, commands hanging, or Redis Cloud unreachable? Learn how to check if Redis is down right now, what causes outages, and how to protect your application when Redis fails.
Auth0 login failing, tokens not issuing, or your authentication flow returning errors? Learn how to check if Auth0 is down right now and what to do when Okta CIC (formerly Auth0) has an outage.
GitLab CI/CD failing, merge requests not loading, or pipelines stuck? Learn how to check if GitLab is down right now and what to do when GitLab.com has an outage.
Snowflake queries timing out, warehouse suspended, or data pipelines stalling? Learn how to check if Snowflake is down right now and what to do when Snowflake has an outage.
Droplets unreachable, Kubernetes clusters failing, or the DigitalOcean control panel returning errors? Learn how to check if DigitalOcean is down right now and what to do during a cloud provider outage.
CircleCI builds not starting, pipelines queued indefinitely, or CI jobs failing with infrastructure errors? Learn how to check if CircleCI is down right now and what to do to keep shipping during an outage.
On-call alerts not firing, escalations not triggering, or the PagerDuty web app returning errors? Learn how to check if PagerDuty is down right now and what to do when your alerting platform fails during an incident.
Transactional emails not sending, email deliverability dropping, or the SendGrid dashboard returning errors? Learn how to check if SendGrid is down right now and what to do to protect email delivery during an outage.
Datadog dashboards not loading, monitors not alerting, or APM traces missing? Learn how to check if Datadog is down right now, which components can fail independently, and how to get instant outage alerts.
HubSpot CRM not loading, email campaigns failing to send, or workflows paused? Learn how to check if HubSpot is down right now, which components fail independently, and how to get instant outage alerts.
Files not loading, multiplayer broken, or exports failing? Learn how to check if Figma is down right now, which components can fail independently, and how to get instant outage alerts.
Dyno crashes, build failures, or deploy timeouts? Learn how to check if Heroku is down right now, which components can fail independently, and how to get instant outage alerts.
Can't load issues, sprints failing to update, or Jira completely inaccessible? Learn how to check if Jira is down right now, which components can fail independently, and how to get instant outage alerts.
Deploys failing? Site not loading? Learn how to check if Netlify is down right now, what components can fail independently, and how to get instant alerts when Netlify has an outage.
Shopify store not loading? Orders not processing? Learn how to check if Shopify is down right now, what components can fail, and how to get instant alerts when Shopify has an outage.
SMS not sending? Voice calls failing? Learn how to check if Twilio is down right now, what services can degrade independently, and how to get instant alerts when Twilio has an outage.
Container pulls failing? Quay.io not responding? Learn how to check Red Hat Quay.io status in real time, what components can fail, and how to get instant alerts when the registry goes down.
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.
