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Terminology

The words Fajita uses for its core concepts, so docs, product, and support stay consistent.

Core

Fajita uses a consistent vocabulary. Roles are owner, admin, member.

For fuller definitions of monitoring, incidents, alerts, status pages, and reliability metrics, see the software reliability glossary.

TermMeaning
OrganizationThe account that owns monitors, pages, and billing
MonitorA configured check against one target
Scheduled checkA check that runs on the monitor's interval
Manual testAn on-demand check that never affects incidents
AssertionA rule a response must satisfy
VerificationConfirming a failure across consecutive checks
IncidentA confirmed period of unhealthy behavior
Alert channelA destination for notifications
Routing ruleThe link between what happened and who is alerted
ComponentA public unit of your service on a status page
SubscriberA confirmed recipient of status updates
EntitlementWhat your plan allows

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