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You can now manage notification preferences via our API

Our service can detect various problems with your website: whenever it is down, or a broken link is detected, your cron job isn't running on time, and much much more. Whenever we see a problem we can notify you via email, Slack, webhooks, and various other channels. Up until now, you could configure these notification channels in our UI, but now you can do this via our API as wel.

OpenTelemetry Metrics: Concepts, Types & Instruments

OpenTelemetry (OTel) Metrics are part of the OpenTelemetry project, which provides tools, APIs, and SDKs for telemetry data collection. These metrics capture system performance data like request latency, error rates, resource usage, and throughput. OTel aims to standardize observability across languages and platforms, making it easier to use and integrate telemetry data. Metrics are one of three core signals of OpenTelemetry along with logs and traces.

Incident Response for Critical APIs

Incident response is a structured approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or cyberattack, also referred to as an IT incident, computer incident, or security incident. The goal is to handle the situation in a way that limits damage and reduces recovery time and costs. Additionally, it aims to improve strategies and solutions to prevent future security incidents.

Saving Three Months of Latency with a Single Trace: Coralogix and OpenTelemetry on Checkly

What’s the point of observability? Surely if you write good code, maintain it, handle tech debt, and administer its resources correctly, it’ll run great? Why would you need to keep a close eye on services that have already been tested and are working great? In this article I want to show how continuous monitoring of your systems closely, with tools like Checkly and Coralogix, can find problems that would have been impossible to predict or pre-optimize.

Get alerted when your Playwright checks degrade in performance

Discover how to improve your end-to-end monitoring alerts with Checkly's new feature: degraded browser check runs. In this video, you'll learn how to extend your Playwright tests to mark test runs as "degraded" under certain conditions. Marking checks as degraded gives you more control over critical alerts and you'll gain more insights into your monitoring results.

Don't miss the blind spots: API monitoring for digital resilience

In today's digital world, applications are the lifeline of businesses. They're the engines powering everything from e-commerce transactions (think adding items to your shopping cart) to internal communication tools (imagine sending a message to a colleague). Any glitch or outage in these applications can have a domino effect, impacting revenue, productivity, and even brand reputation.

Streamline Your App's Communication: The Power of SMS Integration

Keeping users engaged and informed is crucial for any app's success. Businesses of all sizes are recognizing the advantages of adding text message marketing to their overall strategies. With 97% of Americans owning a cell phone, SMS (Short Message Service) is a highly effective tool for exchanging information, as people often prefer texting over calling. Think about how often you check your text messages compared to other notifications.

Efficiency Unleashed: Streamlining Workflows with the InfluxDB Management API

InfluxDB recently launched the InfluxDB Management API for InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated. Now, developers can manage databases, database tokens, and create database tables with custom partitioning directly from their application. The Management API provides a programmatic interface for performing tasks that previously required human interaction. This interface promotes easier workflows for applications that need automatic provisioning of multiple instances of InfluxDB, either for internal or external purposes.