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Notification setup

Alerts fire when a watched service goes down, degrades, or recovers. Email is on by default. Slack and Discord webhooks are Team and Business plan channels; web push works on every paid plan. Webhook URLs are pasted into alert settings under TEAM WEBHOOKS.

SLACK WEBHOOK
  1. 01Open api.slack.com/apps and click Create New App, then From scratch.
  2. 02Name the app (for example Downtester Alerts), pick your workspace, and click Create App.
  3. 03In the left sidebar select Incoming Webhooks and switch Activate Incoming Webhooks on.
  4. 04Click Add New Webhook to Workspace at the bottom, choose the channel alerts should post to, and click Allow.
  5. 05Copy the new webhook URL. It starts with https://hooks.slack.com/services/.
  6. 06Paste it into settings under TEAM WEBHOOKS, field SLACK WEBHOOK URL, and click Save.

Treat the webhook URL like a password: anyone who has it can post to that channel. Remove it in Slack under the app settings if it leaks.

DISCORD WEBHOOK
  1. 01In Discord, open the channel that should receive alerts and click the gear icon (Edit Channel). You need the Manage Webhooks permission.
  2. 02Select Integrations in the left column, then Webhooks.
  3. 03Click New Webhook. Optionally rename it (for example Downtester) and confirm the target channel.
  4. 04Click Copy Webhook URL. It starts with https://discord.com/api/webhooks/.
  5. 05Paste it into settings under TEAM WEBHOOKS, field DISCORD WEBHOOK URL, and click Save. Per-service Discord delivery can also be toggled in each service's alert channels dialog on the dashboard.
BROWSER PUSH
  1. 01Open your dashboard, click the bell icon on a watched service, and switch Web push on. Account-wide push preferences live in alert settings.
  2. 02Your browser asks for notification permission the first time. Click Allow. Without this permission no push can be delivered.
  3. 03If you previously blocked notifications: in Chrome or Edge click the icon left of the address bar, then Site settings, and set Notifications to Allow. In Firefox use the permissions icon in the address bar. In Safari: Settings, Websites, Notifications.
  4. 04On macOS and Windows, also check the system notification settings allow your browser to show notifications (Focus and Do Not Disturb modes silence push).

Push arrives only in browsers where you granted permission. If push is not yet live for your account, alerts continue by email.

Notification Setup - Downtester Docs