Ehanced Pause Options

I would like to see the pause functionality greatly enhanced with additional options.

When pausing, options should exist for the following:
[ X ] Pause Alerts (This keeps monitoring but suppresses alerts)
[ X ] Pause Monitoring (Stops monitoring)
[ X ] Resume after [_<number>_] (Minutes, Hours, Days as dropdown options) - This will automatically resume any pauses after this <number> of <time units> passes. Not selecting this option will pause forever.

Pause Alerts - I use uptime because I need to report on my uptime. I cant pause monitoring because it makes my actual uptime reports inaccurate. Down is down (even if it’s maintenance) and I’m required to provide this information. I need alerts configured to be frequent and annoying. 1 alert is not enough and may be missed. BUT I also dont need constant or frequent alerts when I know there is an actual issue already being worked on. Some systems call this feature “Acknowledge”. Stop alerting me now, I know it’s down.

Pause Monitoring - Gives you the option you have today. Pauses everything. Sometimes this is a better option than just pausing alerts.

Resume After - Critical feature for me. We have paused monitoring so many times and then forgot to re-enable it only to find this out when either running a requested uptime report, or having an issue reported to us and thinking “Why weren’t we alerted”. We had to resort to using another monitoring system to hit the uptime API and send us alerts if any monitor is paused for more than 1 hour. Needing to monitor our monitors is… silly. Auto resume makes sense. I should be able to input from 1 minute - 999 days.

I saw another feature to be able to add notes. This should also be in there. Why a check was paused (and who paused it) is very valuable information. Especially when a check is paused for a long period or not set to resume.

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Status

Product Review

Board

💡 Feature Request

Tags

Alerting

Date

About 2 months ago

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