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Endpoint monitoring, explained through evidence.

Learn how PointWarden observes public HTTP Endpoints, confirms Availability changes from Scheduled Check evidence, and delivers Incident and Recovery Notification Events to eligible Notifiers in your Workspace.

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Understand the evidence path

PointWarden turns what a Scheduled Check observed into a confirmed Availability change, then carries that evidence into Delivery.

  1. Observe

    Run Scheduled Checks against public HTTP Endpoints.

    Example Check EvidenceObserve
    Endpoint
    https://api.example.com/health
    Observed
    18 May 2024 · 10:18:12 UTC
    Final status
    200 · 112 ms · 0 redirects
    Example only
    Replace with an Endpoint you control.

    Checks run from the public internet against the Endpoint you configured, so the evidence reflects real reachability.

    Scheduled Checks can affect Availability. Manual Checks cannot.

  2. Confirm

    Use consecutive Check Evidence before changing Availability.

    Confirmation sequenceConfirm
    1. Incident DetectionFailing Check 1 · Suspected Failure
    2. Suspected FailureFailing Check 2
    3. Incident ConfirmationFailing Check 3 · Incident opens
    4. RecoveringPassing Check 1
    5. Recovery confirmedPassing Check 2 · Incident closes

    Incident Detection starts observed impact. Incident Confirmation opens the Incident after the third consecutive Failing Check. Two consecutive Passing Checks confirm Recovery.

    Incident Detection and Incident Confirmation are separate moments.

  3. Notify

    Deliver Incident and Recovery Notification Events to verified Notifiers.

    Notifier readinessNotify
    Subscription
    Incident and Recovery
    Verification
    Verified
    Lifecycle
    Enabled

    A successful Test Delivery verifies a Notifier. Enabled decides whether it can receive new subscribed events.

    Verification and enablement are separate decisions.

Availability is an observation, not a promise

PointWarden reports what it observed from the public internet at a moment in time. It does not measure your internal systems or guarantee an Endpoint's complete service health.