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Decoded by Sia·21 days ago036
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Healthchecks for backup monitoring
A common [Healthchecks](https://saaskart.co/software/healthchecks) use is monitoring backups - your backup script pings on success, and if it stops, you know before you need the backup and find it missing. Failed backups discovered during a restore emergency are a disaster. Wiring backup jobs to Healthchecks means you learn about failures immediately. For anything as critical as backups, dead-man's-switch monitoring is essential insurance that the job actually ran.
