What's New

New updates and improvements to CheckStatus

Pre-Maintenance Team Reminders

New

Keep your team prepared for upcoming maintenance with automatic reminder emails.

  • Schedule reminder emails 1, 2, 4, 12, or 24 hours before maintenance begins
  • All team members receive reminders with maintenance details and affected components
  • Your reminder preference is saved as the default for future maintenances
  • Individual team members can opt out of reminders in their profile settings
  • Reminders are automatically cancelled if maintenance is started early or cancelled

Ensure everyone is ready when maintenance begins - no more last-minute surprises for your team.

Long-Running Incident & Maintenance Reminders

New

Never forget about ongoing incidents or maintenance again with our new reminder system.

  • Automatic daily email reminders for incidents active more than 24 hours
  • Automatic daily email reminders for maintenance in progress more than 24 hours
  • Reminders sent to all account admins to ensure visibility
  • Up to 7 daily reminders to prevent forgotten incidents or maintenance
  • Clear action buttons to quickly resolve or complete from the email

Stay on top of long-running issues and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

Enhanced Scheduled Maintenance

Improvement

We've significantly improved our scheduled maintenance feature with powerful new capabilities.

  • Full lifecycle management with scheduled, in-progress, and completed states
  • Auto-start and auto-complete scheduling for hands-free operation
  • Component impact tracking during maintenance windows
  • Post maintenance updates to keep subscribers informed of progress
  • Search and filter past maintenances by title, component, or date range
  • Real-time status transitions with automatic subscriber notifications

Plan and execute maintenance windows with confidence while keeping your customers fully informed.

Preparing for General Availability

Update

CheckStatus is getting ready for general availability!

  • Final polish on user interface and experience
  • Enhanced documentation and onboarding
  • New pricing plans to suit teams of all sizes

Thank you for being part of our journey. We're excited to officially launch soon!

Subscriber Management

New

Take control of your subscriber list with new management features.

  • View and manage all subscribers from the dashboard
  • Import existing subscribers via CSV
  • Component-level subscription options

Give your customers fine-grained control over which notifications they receive.

Scheduled Maintenance

New

Plan ahead with scheduled maintenance announcements.

  • Schedule maintenance windows in advance
  • Automatic notifications to subscribers before maintenance begins
  • Clear visibility on the status page timeline

Reduce surprise and set proper expectations with your customers.

Mobile-Responsive Design

Improvement

Your status pages now look great on any device.

  • Fully responsive layouts for phones and tablets
  • Touch-friendly navigation and interactions
  • Optimized for quick status checks on the go

Your customers can check service status from anywhere, on any device.

API Access

New

Integrate CheckStatus into your workflows with our new REST API.

  • Programmatically update component status
  • Create and manage incidents via API
  • Integrate with your monitoring tools and CI/CD pipelines

Automate your status page updates based on your infrastructure's actual state.

Performance Improvements

Fix

We've made significant performance improvements across the platform.

  • Faster page load times for public status pages
  • Optimized database queries for large component lists
  • Improved real-time update delivery

Your status pages will now load faster, even during high-traffic incident situations.

Email Notifications

New

Keep your subscribers informed automatically with email notifications.

  • Automatic incident notifications when you post updates
  • Subscribers can sign up directly from your status page
  • Customizable notification preferences

No more manual communication during incidents - focus on fixing issues while we keep customers updated.

Enhanced Dashboard Experience

Improvement

We've redesigned the dashboard to make managing your status pages even easier.

  • At-a-glance overview of all components and incidents
  • Quick actions for common tasks
  • Improved navigation and information hierarchy

Spend less time navigating and more time keeping your customers informed.

Component Groups

New

Organize your infrastructure with the new Component Groups feature.

  • Group related components together (e.g., "Core Infrastructure", "Customer Facing")
  • Collapsible groups for cleaner status page layouts
  • Set group-level descriptions for context

Helps your customers quickly find the services that matter to them.

Introducing CheckStatus

New

We're excited to announce the launch of CheckStatus, your new status page platform for keeping customers informed!

  • Beautiful, customizable status pages
  • Real-time incident management
  • Component status tracking

Start creating your status page today and give your customers the transparency they deserve.