Watch for outages in your tools
Hear when a tool your team depends on is down, before people ask.
IT and admin · On a schedule · Updated
Works with
- Slack
SlackHow do you watch for outages in your tools?
To watch for outages in your tools, list the status pages and set a Loop that checks every few minutes. Maito posts in your IT channel when a tool is down or slow, says what is affected, and posts again when it recovers. It also notes knock-on effects on related tools.
How it's done today
People ask "is Slack down for anyone else?"
What Maito does
- Check status pages of your tools
- Post when something is down and when it's back
Example
Loop run: Status change · Google Drive
Google Drive is having issues in Europe since 10:12 AM, per its status page. Uploads and previews are slow, and some files won't open. The other 9 tools are green. Catch: Meet shows green, but recordings save to Drive. Recordings from the last hour may arrive late. No ETA yet. I'll post when it's fixed.
@Maito is Docs affected?
Docs shows green, but opening Docs stored in Drive may be slow. Only Drive is marked as an issue.
Google Drive is back as of 11:41 AM, 89 minutes in total. Google says a storage update caused it. Delayed Meet recordings should now appear.
Maito (10:16 AM):
Google Drive is having issues in Europe since 10:12 AM, per its status page. Uploads and previews are slow, and some files won't open.
The other 9 tools are green.
Catch: Meet shows green, but recordings save to Drive. Recordings from the last hour may arrive late.
No ETA yet. I'll post when it's fixed.
Alex (10:20 AM):
is Docs affected?
Maito (10:21 AM):
Docs shows green, but opening Docs stored in Drive may be slow. Only Drive is marked as an issue.
Maito (11:44 AM):
Google Drive is back as of 11:41 AM, 89 minutes in total. Google says a storage update caused it. Delayed Meet recordings should now appear.
How to set it up
- Ask your agent
“Every 5 minutes, check the status pages of our 10 main tools. Post in #it-help when one is down or slow, and again when it's back.”
What it won't do
It relies on vendors' status pages, which can be late or wrong. It can't see an outage the vendor hasn't reported.
Questions
As often as you set. A Loop can check every few minutes.
In the Slack channel you choose, or by email.
Only what the status page says. It posts that along with any related effects it can find.
