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updown.io keeps methodically widening its probe network and deepening pulse monitoring.

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◆Current state
updown.io is a focused, solo-run uptime monitor steadily broadening its global probe network — Toronto added and Montreal retired, Cap Town added earlier — while deepening pulse/cron monitoring. Recent releases pair a headline change with a long tail of small fixes, the signature of careful single-maintainer iteration.
◆Where it's heading
The arc is patient hardening of a narrow product: more monitoring locations, richer pulse checks (now with response-body string matching), longer-horizon history via a 10-year chart, and notification-integration upkeep such as Teams webhook handling. Pulse monitoring, shipped after a long wait, expanded the product from HTTP checks into cron/heartbeat monitoring and keeps gaining features.
◆Prediction
Expect additional monitoring locations and further pulse-check refinements, plus ongoing maintenance of notification integrations — in line with the steady, incremental cadence in these notes.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4d ago

    🇨🇦 New Toronto monitoring location

    Replaces the Montreal node with a Toronto one for better IPv6 reliability and bundles pagination for large accounts, pulse string validation, and API and notification fixes — a typical multi-item updown release.

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  2. 2mo ago

    String match with pulse checks

    Adds response-body string matching to pulse checks so a cron job's output can be validated, not just its presence, alongside a batch of small fixes — deepening the pulse monitoring surface.

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  3. 8mo ago

    New Location: Cap Town, South Africa 🇿🇦

    Adds a Cape Town, South Africa probe location, broadening geographic coverage, with an IP-filtering caveat for affected accounts.

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  4. 8mo ago

    📉 New 10y performance history chart

    Introduces a bespoke 10-year performance chart on status pages for long-term trend analysis, with SVG export and mixed daily/monthly granularity.

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  5. 1y ago

    ⏰ Pulse monitoring

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    Shipping pulse monitoring extended updown from HTTP uptime checks into cron/heartbeat monitoring — the capability that anchors the recent run of pulse refinements.

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  6. 1y ago

    ❌ Downtime list

    Adds a consolidated, filterable list of all downtimes with detailed per-event timelines, a long-requested view that surfaces history previously buried in email alerts.

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