Why Your Website Monitoring Keeps Alerting (Even When It's Fine)

If your monitoring keeps alerting but the site looks fine when you check, something in the setup is off. The good news is that most false alerts have simple fixes.

Use this troubleshooting guide to reduce noise and make your alerts accurate.

Short timeouts

If your timeout is too short, temporary slowdowns trigger alerts. Increase the timeout to match real-world load times.

No confirmation checks

Single failed checks often happen due to brief network hiccups. Require two or three failed checks before alerting.

Only one monitoring location

If you monitor from a single location, local network issues can trigger alerts. Multi-location checks confirm the problem is real.

Dynamic pages or blocked endpoints

Some pages block bots or require authentication, causing monitoring to fail while real users still see the site. Monitor a public, stable page instead.

Redirect mismatch

If your site redirects differently than expected, monitoring may fail. Confirm the final URL matches what you are checking.

Alerting during maintenance

If you deploy often, set maintenance windows so alerts do not trigger during known downtime.