Uptime Monitor

HTTP and TCP checks with latency sparklines, a status grid and outage alerts.

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).

Settings11every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourceuptime.pysrc/deskdot/apps/uptime.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Targets
Targets`targets`Comma-separated. example.com (HTTPS), http://host:8080/health, host:port or tcp://host:port (TCP connect), NAME=target to label. ICMP ping needs admin rights, so it isn't supported: use a TCP port instead.	text	google.com, github.com, 1.1.1.1:53	up to 600 characters
Check every (s)`every`	whole number	30	10 – 600
Timeout (s)`timeout`	whole number	5	1 – 20
HTTP counts as up when`expect`	choice	Status < 400	Status < 4002xx onlyAny reply < 500
Layout
Layout`layout`	choice	List	ListGridFocus
Seconds per page`rotate`	whole number	6	2 – 60
Slow above (ms)`slow_ms`Latency shown amber above this	whole number	800	50 – 5000
Alerts
Failures before DOWN`confirm`Consecutive failed checks	whole number	2	1 – 5
Notify on down / up`alerts`	on/off	On	on / off
Flash on outage`flash`	on/off	On	on / off
Take over the playlist while down`takeover`	on/off	Off	on / off

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview uptime --settings '{"expect":"2xx"}' --out uptime.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/uptime/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Uptime Monitor on my panel”. It calls show_app with "uptime". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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