What Is Uptime Monitoring? Complete Guide for 2026

<p>Your API returns 200 OK. Great. But is it actually <em>working</em>?</p> <p>I learned this the hard way. Last month, our payment webhook was "up" — returning 200s all day — but

<p>Every engineer on call knows the dread of an alert blaring at 3:17 AM.</p> <p>You stumble out of bed, pry open your laptop with one eye open, SSH into production, check CPU

<h2> Why monitor your website? </h2> <p>When your business depends on your website it is essential that it’s functioning correctly. Downtime, slow pages or important functions,

<p>A status page is the public page where you tell customers how your service is doing. Here is what goes on one, when to make it public, and how to set one up in minutes.</p>

<p>When a provider you rely on goes down, your customers feel it as your outage. Here is how to monitor your third-party dependencies and post a clear, honest heads-up on your