With our fantastic Alert Log tool found in-app you can get a full view of when, why and how your alerts were sent out from the StatusCake app. You’ll be able to see the exact timings, recipients, and details on which test alerted – allowing you to quickly troubleshoot any […]
What is an Uptime Test?
Uptime Tests at StatusCake come in different forms, but they all share the same base function – ensuring that your website or server is up and running without errors. There are currently 8 different varieties of Uptime test, we will go through each one and it’s functions and advantages below: […]
Pagespeed Connection Throttling
StatusCake now offers the ability to test your website’s page speed from mobile connections. To start simulating mobile connections, create or edit a Page Speed test and scroll down to the “Throttling” option as shown in the image below. As soon as you save the Page Speed […]
PageSpeed Custom Viewport Sizes
With our Page Speed tests you can set a custom viewport size to simulate the screen size/resolution from a variety of devices. We support the most used desktop resolutions, and also a selection of mobile resolutions for popular and current devices! In order to change this setting just edit your […]
Exporting Uptime Test Settings
If you need an export of all your tests’ settings and don’t want to use our API, you can easily do this on your test overview by clicking the “Export Settings…” button, found at the top of the page. This will give you a file in CSV format, so it […]
Symantec Certificate Distrust
On January 19, 2017, a public posting to the mozilla.dev.security.policy newsgroup drew attention to a series of questionable website authentication certificates issued by Symantec Corporation’s PKI. Symantec’s PKI business, which operates a series of Certificate Authorities under various brand names, including Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust, and RapidSSL, had issued numerous certificates that […]
SSL Monitoring – Common Issues
The following article contains an overview of common errors that are seen with SSL monitoring, as well as information on how to resolve them. If you see an issue with your certificate, but can’t find it in this list, please do get in touch with our support and we’ll assist […]
Mixed Content Monitoring
Mixed Content monitoring was added to our advanced SSL monitoring tool set on 08/02/2018. This functionality allows you to receive warnings in the case that Mixed Content is identified on a website being monitored with on of our SSL type tests. Mixed content occurs when the site is accessed over a […]
Maintenance Windows
What are Maintenance Windows? Maintenance windows are pre-defined periods where one or more tests will temporarily stop running, preventing any negative impact to your uptime percentage and alerts. When to use Maintenance Windows? You can set one up when you schedule a temporary downtime when you deploy changes or expect […]
Does StatusCake use AWS or Azure as part of it’s testing infrastructure?
We do not. Our probes are hosted in around 30 different data centres globally. We try to ensure a wide spread of providers to provide accurate monitoring, and the exact data centres we use change depending on performance and geographic changes. We do not use Amazon’s AWS or Microsoft Azure […]