Notifications Overview
SecureCheap delivers alerts across multiple channels with intelligent grouping to prevent notification fatigue.
Delivery pipeline
Alert fires
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├── Is this a duplicate of an already-firing alert? → Suppress
├── Is this in a maintenance window? → Silence
├── Is grouping enabled? → Bundle with group
└── Send to configured channels within 30 secondsAlert types
| Type | When it fires |
|---|---|
| Down | Monitor fails N consecutive checks |
| Slow | Response time exceeds threshold |
| SSL expiry | Certificate expires in < N days |
| SSL grade drop | Grade falls below configured minimum |
| CVE detected | New CVE matches your software |
| Security score drop | Domain/server score drops by ≥ 10 points |
| Cost spike | Monthly projected spend increases by ≥ 20% |
| Disk fill | Disk usage exceeds threshold |
| Agent offline | No metrics received for 2+ minutes |
| Process crashed | Monitored process no longer running |
| Resolved | Any of the above conditions clears |
Notification payload
Every alert notification contains:
{
"type": "monitor.down",
"severity": "critical",
"resource": "api.myapp.com",
"message": "HTTP check failed — 503 Service Unavailable",
"duration": "3 minutes 40 seconds",
"location": "EU-Frankfurt, US-East both failing",
"link": "https://securecheap.com/dashboard/monitors/abc123",
"timestamp": "2025-05-21T14:32:00Z"
}