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UptimeRobot Alerts Spike 5x Due to Microsoft/CrowdStrike Global Issues

Given recent global events, UptimeRobot is experiencing an increased number of downtime notifications.  We are currently sending out five times more notifications than usual due to a widespread system outage impacting several critical services worldwide.  Here’s a brief overview of the situation and how it affects our monitoring services. What’s happening? According to some media, […]

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July 2024: New Interface Updates and Knowledge Hub

It might be vacation season, but we’ve been hard at work! We’re thrilled to announce improvements to our new interface, added features and optimizations, and the release of our brand-new knowledge hub. API keys release To kick things off, we’ve rolled out API keys for the new dashboard. As many of our community members rely […]

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April 2024: New Mattermost & Telegram bot integrations, and sponsorship for non-profits

What’s the most important integration? It’s the one that sends you immediate alerts when your attention is needed! As promised in our 2023 wrap-up, we’ve been continuously enhancing both our service and new web app by developing new features and updating our integrations. In addition, we’ve prepared a special offer for non-profit and charitable organizations. […]

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End of support for repl.co & recent issues explained

As some of you may have noticed, we encountered a snag that led to a brief unexpected pause to your monitors.  With the situation now fully under control, we’d like to offer a bit of context and inform you of the next steps regarding repl.co monitors, the culprit of this issue.  What happened As you […]

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UptimeRobot Retrospective & Plans: Thank You for 2023 and Happy New Year!

Hi everyone. As we stand at the threshold of 2024, on behalf of our CEO, Michal Aftanas, and the entire UptimeRobot team, I’d like to thank you for your never-ending support. Thank you for being part of our journey over the last 12 months! It was an amazing ride full of great news (and more […]

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SMS & Voice call credit consumption change

Hi folks. We have an important update for those of you who are using SMS or Voice call notifications. You may have noticed that we haven’t touched the pricing or credit packages since introducing SMS and voice call alerts back in 2015. It’s no mystery that SMS messaging and voice calls have different fees by […]

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July 2023: Don’t follow redirects & Secondary e-mail address

Oh, I beg you, can I follow? 🎶   Now you can, but don’t have to. Let’s see what’s new. Hi folks! Even the sizzling summer can’t stop our groove. We’ve been busy mixing up some cool updates just for you! Don’t follow redirects By default, all the monitors are “following redirects” since the beginning […]

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Planned Maintenance: Enhancing Heartbeat Monitoring Stability

We’re excited to announce that we will be migrating our cron job (Heartbeat) monitoring to a new server provider this week. Here are all the important details. This migration will enable us to optimize our infrastructure and increase the reliability for you, our valued users. The new provider claims an availability of  ≥99.999%. We’ve decided […]

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May 2023: Monitor Your Domain Expiration Feature

Remember when we promised you some exciting news in the UptimeRobot Discord server blog? The day has finally arrived! We’re happy to introduce our latest feature – domain expiration monitoring! Expired domains can make your website totally inaccessible and cause damage to your brand and business. Fixing expired domains can take days, and at the […]

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Join the UptimeRobot Community on Discord!

It’s been a few months since our February update, and we’ll be sharing some exciting news with you soon. But this time, we’d love to invite you to join our brand-new Discord Group. Embrace the Power of Community One of the key factors contributing to UptimeRobots’ success is its large and supportive community. UptimeRobot assists […]