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The latest News and Information on Monitoring for Websites, Applications, APIs, Infrastructure, and other technologies.

Troubleshoot faster with the GitLab Source Code integration in Datadog

Jan 5, 2026 By Eric Metaj In Datadog

Developers and SREs who rely on GitLab to develop their services often face significant friction when troubleshooting errors or fixing issues that degrade code quality. To understand the context of a problem, they resort to tab-hopping between observability tools and GitLab, connecting stack traces, spans, and profiles back to the right files and commits.

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Tech Talk - Data Fabric: Enter the Agentic Era with Splunk AI Assistant for SPL 1.4

Jan 4, 2026 By Splunk In Splunk

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Office 365 Synthetic Monitoring for Availability & SLA Validation

Jan 3, 2026 By Dotcom-Monitor In Dotcom-Monitor

Microsoft Office 365 underpins daily work for millions of organizations. Email, collaboration, document sharing, identity, and meetings all converge into a single dependency that employees implicitly assume will “just work.” When it doesn’t, productivity halts immediately and visibly. Microsoft publishes service health dashboards and backs Office 365 with formal SLAs. On paper, availability is measured, tracked, and contractually enforced.

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Guided DNS Troubleshooting, Full History, and UI Improvements

Jan 3, 2026 By Matt Rideout In DNS Check

We're kicking off 2026 by shipping improvements that make DNS troubleshooting faster and more intuitive. When a DNS check fails, you'll now see exactly what needs to change to fix it, and you'll have complete visibility into your DNS record behavior over time.

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Sentry Claude Code Plugin and Skills

Jan 3, 2026 By Sentry In Sentry

We're looking at what building a standard set of tools to use in Claude Code looks like for Sentry - and Claude's plugin marketplace is a great way to distribute them. Take it for a spin - the plugin distributes the MCP server, a few skills for setting up core parts of Sentry, and a few commands to use.

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Using Sentry's MCP in Vercel v0

Jan 3, 2026 By Sentry In Sentry

You can use the Sentry MCP server to debug issues in applications that are built in v0. You can also use it to create projects, pull down configurations, or dig into performance issues in applications. Check it out.

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Transaction Check Best Practices

Jan 2, 2026 By Uptime Website Monitoring In uptime

Welcome back to Uptime.com! In this video, we explore best practices for configuring Transaction Checks to simulate user actions on your website. Learn how to build reliable scripts with a series of commands and validators using our no-code Transaction Check Recorder or your developer tools. We cover essential tips like keeping checks streamlined, using 'wait for' commands to ensure element readiness, and validating URL transitions. Follow along as we set up a simple 7-step check to validate the Uptime.com domain health tool.

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VPN Connection Monitoring: Performance & Availability

Jan 2, 2026 By Dotcom-Monitor In Dotcom-Monitor

For a growing number of organizations, the VPN is no longer a peripheral security control. It is the network. Remote employees authenticate through it. Contractors reach internal tools through it. Administrators access cloud consoles through it. Entire application stacks depend on encrypted tunnels to function at all. When VPN connectivity degrades, productivity collapses quietly and unevenly—often without a clear signal pointing to the root cause.

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How to Choose the Best Website Monitoring Tool for Your Company

Jan 2, 2026 By Dotcom-Monitor In Dotcom-Monitor

Selecting the right website monitoring solution is a critical business decision that directly impacts your operational resilience, customer satisfaction, and bottom line. Downtime, slow load times, or broken user journeys can lead to lost revenue, damaged brand trust, and poor search engine rankings. That’s why website monitoring is no longer optional, it’s a strategic necessity.

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Observability vs. Monitoring

Jan 2, 2026 By Coroot In Coroot

Co-founder of DevOps Days, O11y, Inuits, and pivotal instigator of the DevOps movement Kris Buytaert explains why “observability best practices” starts with functioning monitoring and common mistakes to avoid.

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