Know when your events stop firing

No. The Free plan includes monitors, email alerts, and status history with no credit card required. Upgrade from your dashboard when you need more capacity.

After your job succeeds, POST to your monitor's unique URL. Gonewatch records the ping and expects the next one on your schedule — at a fixed time of day or on a rolling interval — with a grace window after each expected window. No agent or SDK is required — a curl in your script is enough.

Yes. Include JSON with a heartbeat — duration, counts, or other fields — and Gonewatch stores top-level scalars. You'll see last values, charts, and expandable history on the monitor. Nested objects, arrays, and oversized payloads are dropped; the ping still counts. See the payload docs for limits.

Within a few minutes after your grace period ends without a heartbeat — typically under three minutes. Gonewatch checks monitors continuously, marks the monitor Down at that threshold, and sends your alert email. You are not waiting on your job's next scheduled run to find out.

As long as a heartbeat arrives before the grace window ends after the expected time or interval, the monitor stays healthy. Tune grace period to match how late your jobs can run without being a problem.