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Server DNS

We also just noticed our DNS settings has been reset. We have corrected the problem, but this would have prevented alerts from being sent out. Please manually confirm your jobs, whether you got an alert or not. Please be on the lookout for both false negatives and false positives. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Server Date Change

We just noticed the time on the server was off by a couple of hours, which shows pings are happening 10 hours in the future. This has been fixed, but will send off false alerts for some URLs. Please keep this in mind as the system corrects itself. Thanks for your patience.

Data Center Issues

We are currently having issues in our data center, and all our servers are inaccessible. Please ignore any alerts you get for pings that should happen during this downtime period. It will be prudent to manually verify your jobs as well. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Make sure your whole system is running smoothly.

Processes that run regularly in the background are often unmonitored or send emails regardless of success or failure. This makes it hard for you to notice when things go wrong. Make sure your servers are up, even if they are not accessible from the internet. Make sure your cron jobs or scheduled tasks run on time. Make sure your backup scripts are running as expected. Make sure your hourly scripts are running continuously. Get notified when they don't.

Making sure that the different parts of your system is running fine is easy to do. Just create a PushMon URL and call that URL on the schedule you specify. If we don't hear from you, you will hear from us. We have sample code to get you started quickly.