Cron Job Monitoring
Know When Your Scheduled
Tasks Silently Fail
Cron jobs fail silently. Backups stop running. Reports never send. StatusEagle heartbeat monitoring catches missed, late, or failed jobs and alerts you instantly.
How Heartbeat Cron Monitoring Works
Unlike uptime monitors that ping your server, cron monitoring works in reverse. Your job pings us when it completes. If we don't hear from it within the expected window, we alert you.
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Missed execution alerts
Get alerted when a scheduled job doesn't run within the expected time window.
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Execution time tracking
Monitor how long each job takes. Get alerted if a job runs significantly longer than expected.
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Works with any language or scheduler
A simple HTTP GET to your heartbeat URL — works with bash, Python, PHP, Node, Laravel, Rails, and any cron scheduler.
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Configurable grace periods
Set a grace period to allow for minor delays before an alert is triggered.
Integration is One Line of Code
Add a curl call at the end of your cron job:
Bash / Shell
# Your cron job...
/usr/bin/php /app/backup.php
# Ping StatusEagle on success
curl -s https://app.statuseagle.com/hb/YOUR_KEY
Laravel Scheduler
$schedule->command('backup:run')
->daily()
->pingOnSuccess('https://app.statuseagle.com/hb/YOUR_KEY');
Daily Backup Monitor
What to Monitor with Cron Monitoring
Database Backups
Ensure your nightly database backups actually complete. Know before data loss happens.
Report Generation
Track whether scheduled reports, invoices, or exports are generated on time.
Email Queues
Monitor queue workers to ensure emails, notifications, and campaigns are being processed.
Data Sync Jobs
Know immediately if a data sync, ETL, or import job stops running.
Cache Warm-up
Verify your cache warming jobs run after deployments or on schedule.
Cleanup Tasks
Monitor log cleanup, expired session removal, and temp file deletion jobs.