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Documentation Index

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A monitor is one thing you want watched: a URL, an endpoint, a certificate. Tallwatch runs the check from each region you pick, on the interval you set, and opens an incident when more than one region agrees it’s down.

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Monitor types

What each check does, and which run end-to-end today.
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Creating monitors

Fill in the form: URL, request options, assertions, regions, intervals.
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Dependencies

Silence symptom alerts when an upstream monitor is already down.
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Maintenance windows

Plan downtime so it doesn’t open incidents.

Settings every monitor shares

Whatever the type, each monitor carries the same core settings:
  • Regions it checks from. Pick at least three so an incident needs agreement, not one bad data point.
  • Interval between checks, from 30 seconds up. The probers run about once a minute, so 60s is the practical floor.
  • Sensitivity, how long failures must persist before an incident opens. Shorter alerts faster; longer tolerates more noise.
  • Status, active or paused. A paused monitor keeps its history but stops checking and never alerts.
Type-specific settings (the URL, the expected status code) sit on top. Creating monitors covers the HTTP form field by field.