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  • UptimeRobot 2020 Update: Acquisition, recent problems and future plans

    šŸ‘‹ Hello everyone, Peter here, nice to e-meet you. Let me briefly introduce myself and share some insights about what has been going on with UptimeRobot lately and what the future plans are. I am one of the founders of itrinity, a Czech/Slovak company, which acquired UptimeRobot in late 2019. We are not your ā€œtypicalā€ […]

  • Introducing Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

    Here is a small and handy addition for having an extra level of security for the accounts. Two-factor authentication isĀ a widely-used mechanism for making sure that the account is only reachable by you andĀ Uptime Robot now supports it. The feature can beĀ found at My Settings>Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) menu and you can choose to use your […]

  • New Feature: Heartbeat Monitoring (Pro Plan)

    Uptime Robot can already check the status of servers/devices who have public IPs with its ping and port monitoring feature. Yet, there are many other servers/computers/devices that are inside an intranet (but connected to the internet) and need to be monitored. Heartbeat monitoring It is now possible to monitor such endpoints usingĀ heartbeat monitoring. The feature […]

  • New Feature: Announcements for the Status Pages (Pro Plan)

    A status page is a very easy-to-setup, nice and automated way to share the status of the websites/servers with visitors, users and teammates. And, theĀ ability to share additional info with users like current issues or an upcoming maintenanceĀ can only make it better. We have just added this feature (in the Pro Plan) where it is […]

  • New Feature – Read-Only Api-Key

    Uptime Robot provided 2 api-key types: a master api_key and monitor-specific api_key. The master api_key can be used to perform almost every action exists in the dashboard and it must not be revealed for the security of the accounts. Yet, there are cases where the api_key may needed to be revealed like using it in […]

  • Cachebuster – A Pro Tip for Bypassing Cache

    Caching is a great way to improve website performance and minimize the load. An ideal cache displays the cached version until the content changes and flushes the cache when there is a change. Yet, there may be cases where the cached version is not the most up-to-date one (if there is a DB error on […]

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