What problem does it solve?
Canary Watch eliminates the uncertainty after a deployment or risky merge by continuously validating a live URL for regressions in availability, functionality, and performance so teams can quickly detect and respond to issues before users are impacted.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Multi-check Monitoring: Validates HTTP status, console errors, network/API failures, LCP/CLS/INP performance metrics, and presence of key content elements.
- Flexible Watch Modes: Supports single-pass quick checks, sustained interval-based watches, and diff comparisons between staging and production environments.
- Configurable Thresholds & Alerts: Critical, warning, and info thresholds drive desktop notifications, optional webhook alerts (Slack/Discord), and persistent logging for auditability.
- Use Case: Run a sustained canary during a launch window to ensure a dependency upgrade did not introduce regressions across critical endpoints and UI flows.
Quick Start
Start a sustained canary watch on https://myapp.com checking every 5 minutes for 2 hours and report any critical alerts.