With Acumen Logs Heartbeat Monitoring, you create a unique check-in URL and set the expected interval (such as every hour or once a day). At the end of your cron job, database backup, or queue worker, your script sends a single HTTP request (GET, POST, or HEAD) to that URL.

One interval runs from the last ping. A ping that arrives after the interval is marked late in your history. If no ping arrives within the interval, the monitor is marked failed and a missed alert is sent. There is no agent or SDK to install.

To prevent silent webhook or integration failures:

1. Endpoint & Payload Checks: Configure an API monitor to send scheduled POST or GET requests with test headers to your webhook receiver URL and assert a 200–299 response within your latency budget.
2. Background Queue Heartbeats: If your webhook handler pushes events onto a background queue, add a heartbeat check at the end of your worker job so you are alerted if the queue processor stalls.