Cron Job Monitoring
Know when a scheduled job didn't run — even behind a firewall.
Cron job monitoring inverts the usual check: your job calls a unique URL when it finishes, and MonSPHERE alerts when the call doesn't arrive on time. Nothing has to connect in, so it works for jobs on machines with no public IP.
What it detects
- A job that didn't run, or didn't finish (start and closing pings)
- Runs taking longer than usual — every run's duration is kept
- Where a ping came from: IP address, method and user agent for every call
How you're alerted
- The built-in “Monitor Down” alert fires when a ping is missed after the grace period.
Notifications go to any of 8 channels — see notifications.
- Model
- Inbound — your job pings a unique URL (GET or POST)
- Grace period
- Configurable tolerance for normal lateness
- Dashboard
- Last and next expected ping, success rate, missed runs, average and p95 run duration, job run timeline, a calendar of past days and the full ping history
- Available on
- Free, Professional · Enterprise and Custom on request
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