Uptime monitoring
Keyword monitoring catches the errors status codes miss
Plenty of broken sites still return 200 OK — a CMS showing “Error establishing a database connection”, a checkout with an empty cart template, a maintenance page left on. Keyword monitors fetch the page and check its body for text you choose.
What to monitor on Keyword monitoring
- 01Keyword present / absentMode “contains” fails if the text is missing; mode “absent” fails if it appears.
- 02Status and response timeRecorded on every check as with HTTP monitors.
Set it up
Create a keyword monitor
Target URL plus keyword, e.g. “Add to cart”.
Or alert on bad text
Set keyword_mode to absent with a keyword like “Database error”.
Recommended alerts for Keyword monitoring
- Expected text missing
- Forbidden text appears
- Recovery
Send alerts to
Keyword monitoring monitoring FAQ
Is the match case-sensitive?
Yes, matches are exact substrings of the response body.
Does it run JavaScript?
No, it checks the HTML returned by the server. For client-rendered pages, check an API endpoint the page uses instead.
Know before your users do.
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