First status page
Publish a public status page showing real uptime data to your customers.
What is a status page?
A status page is a public, no-login-required web page that shows the current status of your selected monitors. Customers and users can check it at any time to see whether your services are operational, degraded, or down.
Create a status page
- In the sidebar, click Status Pages.
- Click + New Status Page.
- Fill in:
| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Acme Status | Visible to visitors as the page title |
| Slug | acme | Used in the default URL: /status/acme |
- Under Monitors, select the monitors you want to display.
- Click Save. Your page goes live immediately.
The page is public by default — no login is required for visitors. There is no way to make it password-protected on the current platform.
What visitors see
The public status page displays:
- Overall system status banner (All systems operational / Incident in progress)
- Per-monitor status: Operational, Degraded, or Down
- 90-day uptime bar for each monitor
- 30-day uptime percentage
- Active incident banners with any public message you have set
- Last-checked timestamp
Custom domain (Premium+)
By default your status page is served at a platform subdomain. On Premium+ plans you can use your own domain:
- Add a
CNAMEDNS record pointing to the platform's CNAME target (shown in Status Pages → Settings). - In HOWLOPS, enter your custom domain in the Custom domain field.
- SSL is provisioned automatically via Let's Encrypt — allow up to 5 minutes.
Email subscriptions (Standard+)
Visitors can subscribe to email notifications directly from your status page. They receive:
- An alert when a new incident opens
- A recovery notification when the incident resolves
To manage subscribers, open the status page configuration and go to the Subscribers tab.
Incident communication
When an incident is active, it appears automatically on the status page. To add a customer-visible message:
- Open the incident from the Incidents view.
- Fill in the Public message field.
- Click Save. The message appears on the status page immediately.
Post updates as the incident progresses. Visitors see each update in chronological order.
What's next
- Tutorials: Public status page — end-to-end tutorial including custom domain and subscriber setup
- Concepts: Incidents — understand how incidents are created and resolved
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