The first feature is live
Uptime monitoring is now live on Observare. You can add monitors for any HTTP or HTTPS endpoint, configure check intervals, and get alerted the moment something goes down.
This is the first of ten monitoring features we're building into the platform, and it's a proper implementation — not a placeholder.
How it works
When you create a monitor, you configure a URL, a check interval (every 5, 10, or 15 minutes), the HTTP status code you expect back, and a timeout. Our servers make the request on schedule and track the result.
If a check fails, we don't immediately fire an alert. Instead, we wait 30 seconds and run a confirmation recheck. Only if the second check also fails do we mark the monitor as down and notify you. This avoids false alarms from transient network blips that resolve themselves in seconds.
Flapping detection
Sometimes a service bounces up and down repeatedly — this is called flapping. If a monitor triggers two or more incidents within a 30-minute window, we detect the pattern and suppress the flood of alerts. You get a single "this monitor is flapping" notification instead of your inbox filling up with down/recovery pairs every few minutes.
Once the service stabilises, you get a final recovery alert confirming it's back.
What you see in the dashboard
- Monitor list with live status, response times, and 24-hour uptime percentage
- Detail page per monitor with uptime stats across 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days
- 30-day line chart showing hourly uptime, so you can spot patterns and problem periods at a glance
- Incident history with timestamps, duration, and flapping status
- Raw check log with response codes, response times, and error details — paginated so you can dig into specifics
Alert channels
You configure alert channels separately and attach them to monitors. For now, email is the supported channel — we'll be adding Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, and SMS over time.
Each channel can be tested with a one-click test alert from the settings page, and you can enable or disable channels without deleting them.
What's next
SSL certificate expiry monitoring is the next feature in the pipeline. Same dashboard, same alert channels — it will scan your endpoints and warn you before a certificate lapses.
After that: port monitoring, cron job heartbeats, and the rest of the feature list.
If you want to try it out, sign up at observare.co.uk/register. It's a 7-day free trial, and uptime monitoring is ready to go today.
— The Observare team