r/UptimeKuma: Is there a way to disable the "service is up" notifications?

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This article archives a conversation, which took place in a subreddit post (original source linked below) and to which I contributed a solution or answer (with the u/MasterofSynapse handle), in a Q&A format.

Original Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/UptimeKuma/comments/zyoydw/is_there_a_way_to_disable_the_service_is_up/

Question

The primary reason why I use Uptime Kuma is to be alerted when my service is down. When I receive such notification, I SSH into my machine and try to solve it. So if or when it is solved, I am constantly checking if it is up or not. Humbly, I don't need Uptime Kuma to tell me "your service is up".

How do I enable/achieve this? TIA!

Answer

I don't think this is possible. Because Uptime Kuma wants to provide a complete status flow, so it has to signal "up" when it previously signaled "down".

And I would think that an independent second opinion coming from your monitoring system is great to see that the problem is actually solved (since it does an A/B test, in a way, from the viewpoint of the app user).

Or do you get alert fatigue looking at "all the" up notifications?

Comment 1 on Answer

I don't think this is possible.

Damn. Okay.

And I would think that an independent second opinion coming from your monitoring system is great to see that the problem is actually solved (since it does an A/B test, in a way, from the viewpoint of the app user).

Didn't think of this. Thanks :)