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The term of art you're looking for is: "heartbeat check"/"healthcheck", or most commonly: "cron job monitor".


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bravetraveler10/11/2024

Seems very similar to a 'watchdog', just... reporting instead of doing anything about it.

adamdecaf10/11/2024

There’s no crontab for banking days. Deadcheck also requires checkins within a delta of the expected checking time.

Deadcheck also doesn’t rely on your infra to alert.

herpderperator10/11/2024

Yeah I thought "dead man's switch" was such a weird name for this.

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vivzkestrel10/11/2024

uptime monitor?

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