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Learn how to monitor cron jobs, detect backup failures, verify job completion, and prevent silent failures. Comprehensive guides with code examples.

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Dead Man Switch for Backups: 1 Curl, Instant Alerts

Dead man switch for backups: one curl line, instant alerts when backup doesn't run or fails. No agent, no migration. Free to start—setup in 2 min.

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Cron Monitoring

Monitor Cron Jobs: One Curl Line, No Migration

Monitor cron jobs with one curl line. No SDK, no migration—get alerts when jobs fail or stop running. Free tier, 2-min setup. Keep your existing scripts.

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Cron Monitoring

Cron Job Failed? How to Detect & Fix in 5 Min

Cron job failed or not running? Step-by-step guide to detect why, fix it, and get alerts so it never happens again. Free monitoring in 2 min.

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Backup Monitoring

Backup Monitoring Service | Monitor Backup Jobs

Backup monitoring that doesn't touch your execution. Keep your backup scripts. Add one curl line. Get alerts when backups fail.

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Backup Monitoring

Detect Empty Backup File Cron

How to detect when cron backup jobs create empty files. Examples in bash, Python, Node.js for verifying backup file size.

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Verification

Curl Success But Wrong Response

How to detect when curl returns success (200) but contains wrong data or error messages. Examples for validating API responses.

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Cron Monitoring

Silent Cron Failures: How to Detect Them

How to detect silent cron job failures that don't log errors. Examples for catching failures that exit without notification.

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Cron Monitoring

Verify Cron Output: Validate Script Results

Cron runs but output is wrong? Verify script output with payload validation. Bash, Python, Node examples. Get alerts when output fails—no SDK.

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Backup Monitoring

Detect Empty Backup File

How to detect when backup files are empty or zero bytes. Examples for verifying backup file size in bash, Python, Node.js.

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Cron Monitoring

Cron Job Exit Code Not Zero: Detect Failures

How to detect when cron jobs exit with non-zero exit codes. Examples for checking exit codes in bash, Python, Node.js.

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Cron Monitoring

Verify Cron Job Actually Ran

How to verify that cron jobs actually executed. Examples for confirming job execution with timestamps and pings.

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Cron Monitoring

Cron Job Returns Success But Fails

How to detect when cron jobs return success exit code but actually fail. Examples for validating job results beyond exit codes.

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Backup Monitoring

Verify Backup File Size

How to verify backup file sizes are within expected ranges. Examples for checking backup file sizes in bash, Python, Node.js.

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Cron Monitoring

Cron Job Silent Failure Detection

How to detect silent cron job failures that don't produce error logs. Examples for catching failures that exit without notification.

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Verification

Curl Returns 200 But Wrong Data

How to detect when curl returns HTTP 200 but contains wrong data or error messages. Examples for validating API responses.

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Cron Monitoring

Detect Cron Job Partial Failure

How to detect when cron jobs partially fail—some steps succeed but others fail. Examples for validating multi-step job completion.

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Cron Monitoring

Detect Cron Job Wrong Exit Code

How to detect when cron jobs return wrong exit codes—success when they should fail, or failure when they should succeed.

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Verification

Verify Script Output Content

How to verify script output contains expected content. Examples for validating script output in bash, Python, Node.js.

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Backup Monitoring

Detect Backup File Missing

How to detect when backup files are missing after backup jobs complete. Examples for verifying backup file existence.

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Cron Monitoring

Cron Job Not Executing

How to detect when cron jobs are not executing. Examples for verifying job execution and detecting when jobs don't run.

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Cron Monitoring

Verify Cron Job Completed

How to verify that cron jobs completed successfully. Examples for confirming job completion with explicit pings.

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Cron Monitoring

Detect Cron Job Skipped

How to detect when cron jobs are skipped—not executed when they should be. Examples for detecting skipped jobs.

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Backup Monitoring

Backup File Zero Bytes

How to detect when backup files are zero bytes. Examples for verifying backup file size and detecting empty backups.

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Cron Monitoring

Cron Job Exit Status Check

How to check cron job exit status and verify jobs completed successfully. Examples for validating exit codes.

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Cron Monitoring

Detect Hanging Cron Job: Timeout & Execution Time Monitoring

Your script can hang for hours. Learn how to detect cron job timeouts and stuck scripts with start/stop execution time tracking.

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Cron Monitoring

Cron Monitoring Without SDK: One Curl Line

Monitor cron jobs with one curl line. No SDK, no agent, no migration. Keep your scripts and cron—add a single HTTP ping to get alerts when jobs fail.

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Backup Monitoring

Stale Backup Detection: Last Backup Was a Month Ago

Your backup runs but the last good one was weeks ago. Learn how to detect stale backups and verify backup age with payload validation.

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