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Alerts & Notifications

Get notified when your monitors detect outages or recoveries.

Notification channel​

Email​

Alerts are sent to active members of the monitor's organization when email alerts are enabled on that monitor.

Configuring email alerts​

From the dashboard:

  1. Open Monitors.
  2. Create or edit a monitor.
  3. Enable or disable email alerts.
  4. Save the monitor.

From the API:

curl -X PATCH https://app.hooklistener.com/api/v1/uptime-monitors/<monitor-id> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hklst_your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "uptime_monitor": {
      "email_enabled": true
    }
  }'

Alert types​

AlertWhen it fires
Monitor downA previously healthy monitor fails its check
Monitor recoveredA previously down monitor starts responding normally

Alert content​

Each alert includes:

  • Monitor name — which monitor triggered the alert
  • Status change — what changed (up → down, down → up)
  • Timestamp — when the status change was detected
  • Response details — status code, response time, or error message
  • Monitor URL — link to view the monitor in the dashboard