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Cron and heartbeat monitoring

Catch silent cron failures, choose grace periods, and monitor scheduled work without installing agents.

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Pillar guide · 9 min read

Heartbeat Monitoring for Cron Jobs and Scheduled Tasks

A cron expression tells you when a job should run. A heartbeat tells you whether it actually ran. This guide covers grace periods, late versus missed jobs, and URL security without installing an agent.

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  • How Heartbeat Monitoring Works
  • Late Job Versus Missed Job
  • Monitoring GitHub Actions
  • Monitoring Serverless Scheduled Jobs
  • Preventing Silent Backup Failures
  • Heartbeat URL Security
  • Cron Monitoring Without Installing an Agent