WEBSITE AVAILABILITY · Workflow idea
For websites you are permitted to monitor, check availability at an agreed interval and wait before alerting on a failure. Confirm the response with another check to reduce false alarms, and send a concise notice to the responsible site owner through an approved channel. A failed check is a signal for investigation, not proof of a confirmed outage or its cause.
01 / The starting point
A list of public websites approved by their owners for routine checks
“Notify the responsible person about persistent access problems while filtering brief interruptions.”
02 / The work
Helps site owners monitor multiple websites and receive delayed alerts when a site remains unavailable.
Include only sites the team is authorized to check.
Balance timely detection with a proportionate request rate.
Recheck before treating a brief interruption as an outage.
Include the site, check time, and observed result without guessing at a cause.
Have the site owner confirm recovery and record any follow-up.
03 / The result
A dated availability record and an alert for a confirmed persistent failure.
Email · Example outcome
A dated availability record and an alert for a confirmed persistent failure.
Temporary network problems and maintenance can create false alarms, while an overly long delay can postpone response. Set a reasonable check interval, verify failures, identify the monitored site clearly, and route alerts only to people who need them.
04 / Make it yours
A few choices shape the work around your team.
Assign a responsible contact and monitoring purpose to each site.
Document acceptable traffic levels and outage confirmation rules.
Limit notifications to staff responsible for the monitored service.
Adjust timing when checks produce missed or repeated false alerts.
Keep exploring
Keep an eye on selected websites and bring service interruptions to the right person to investigate.
Keep an incident history for approved websites and bring possible outages to the responsible operations team.
Check approved public URLs on a schedule and prepare an email alert when a check fails.