• Added Danish and Swedish translations for status pages.
• Added a status filter to the cron check definitions list.

Improvements #

• Added retry and timeout handling to the Application Health HTTP client for more reliable checks.
• Improved handling of Yuki API requests with better resilience.
• Increased backoff timing for Application Health failure recoveries to reduce unnecessary retries.
• Improved the Profile dropdown to support scrolling for users with many teams.

Fixes #

• Fixed an issue where the crawler and Broken Links placeholders did not correctly handle trailing slashes.
• Prevented deletion of users and teams that are tied to active reseller accounts.

• Updated the uptime checker to ensure responses are always fetched fresh and not served from cache.

• Updated the PHP SDK:

  • Added a CheckResult enum with support for the new warning state
  • Included helper methods and updated documentation

• Improved visibility in DNS Blocklist checks by always showing the IP address for IP-based blocklists.

• Aligned the Lighthouse metric trends chart date range with the score trends chart for consistency.

• Lighthouse charts now display up to 6 months of data on both views.

• Added support for historical data via the API.
• Exposed crawled URLs (both brief and detailed) through new API endpoints.
• Added support for dashboard URLs and documentation URLs in the OpenAPI spec.
• Introduced an optional origin IP address for DNS Blocklist checks.

Improvements #

• Updated the OpenAPI specification with historical runs, crawled URLs, and improved Broken Links output.
• Updated the Oh Dear CLI AI agent skill to support historical and crawled URLs endpoints.
• Added guardrails to prevent unintended reseller team deletions.
• Disallowed team deletions entirely from the admin interface.
• Updated the affiliate commission rate from 25% to 20%.
• Improved Broken Links UI with better status code positioning and mobile display.
• Ensured only a single og:image is rendered on blog posts.
• Reordered documentation indexes for better rendering in the feature list sidebar.

Fixes #

• Fixed DNS change notifications incorrectly showing “No changes.”
• Fixed multiple causes of false DNS change alerts, including ignored-type filtering and failed-run baselines.
• Fixed DNS Blocklist false positives for domains without A records and for www domains where the apex has no A record.
• Fixed Broken Links false alerts and ensured globally whitelisted URLs no longer appear as broken links.
• Fixed a server error when all monitors were removed from a status page.
• Fixed the “Add monitor” button being hidden by long labels on status pages.
• Fixed an issue where dashboard access was locked while SEPA subscription payments were in progress.

• Added dark mode support to the dashboard.
• Cron failure webhooks now include monitor and cron details for better debugging.
• Added activity logging when a user deletes their team.

Improvements #

• Improved the Oh Dear CLI help command to provide clearer guidance for users and AI tools.
• Increased readability of DNS records in the UI.
• Improved handling of server timezone changes in cron checks.
• Added validation to the profile information update form.
• Moved tab styling to a shared component for more consistent UI across the app.

Fixes #

• Fixed a server error on the Domain Checks screen when RDAP fields were missing.
• Fixed multiple issues with dropdowns not rendering correctly or appearing outside the viewport.
• Fixed incorrect active state for the Billing menu when no plan is active.
• Fixed text overflow issues for long URLs on the dashboard.
• Fixed duplicate zero-value rows and incorrect VAT display on the Billing screen.
• Fixed JavaScript errors when loading or viewing charts.
• Fixed chart updates and rendering issues when filtering results or viewing performance metrics.
• Fixed crashes caused by null active subscriptions and prevented deletion of reseller teams with active managed teams.
• Fixed tabs not working correctly in certain contexts (including uptime history views).
• Fixed incorrect error handling by returning 422 responses for invalid uptime metric filters.
• Fixed VAT calculation issues for prorated invoices in Yuki exports.
• Fixed settings overwrite issues when merging domain check settings.
• Fixed the notification editor showing incorrect channel fields.
• Fixed DNS change notifications incorrectly showing “No changes.”
• Fixed display of detailed failure information for older health check runs.

• When email notifications are disabled due to repeated bounces, team owners are now informed where that email address is configured, making it easier to remove or update it.
• The /api/me endpoint now exposes the monitor IDs and status page IDs that a scoped API token has access to.

Fixes #

• Fixed a UI issue where a dropdown was clipped on the Team Notifications page.
• Added a validation message when a user attempts to save a notification channel without selecting a notification type.

• Added new Mobile Dashboard
• Added a warning state for uptime checks. If the primary check location fails but the secondary succeeds, the monitor will show a warning instead of downtime, helping detect regional connectivity issues.
• Added support for Slack webhook–compatible notification channels.

Improvements #

• Implemented a TCP connection limit on our uptime checking servers to improve stability.
• Improved how uptime checks respect client timeout settings, including older or higher configured values.
• Improved performance of the uptime report page during long ongoing downtimes.

Fixes #

• Fixed dropdown overflow on the monitors list page.
• Fixed crawler speed being saved to the incorrect JSON column.
• Fixed Ping and TCP charts so they render consistently with HTTP performance graphs.
• Invoices now correctly store the Billing Entity Name instead of relying on the team name.
• The affiliate banner is no longer shown to resellers or their managed teams.
• AI check run frequency is now hidden on mobile screens.

• Released v5 of the Oh Dear CLI, including support for a custom configuration path.
• Improved the Changelog with a cleaner overview, pagination, and dedicated detail pages.
• On the Manage Team page, team owners can now see how members signed up (email/password, Google, or GitHub).

Improvements #

• Updated the layout of DNS Blocklist results to use a wider table, aligning better with the marketing design.
• Enhanced the Timeline component to clearly show when a request times out after being sent to the server (e.g. DNS/TCP/SSL succeeded but no response was received).
• Completely rewrote the CLI documentation, including updated commands, examples, and new sections.

Fixes #

• Prevented unauthorized teams from viewing the Port check in monitor settings.
• Added a clear timeout banner for Sitemap checks when the timeout limit is reached.
• Fixed an issue in the DNS Blocklist check where domains could be incorrectly marked as blocked due to parsing errors.
• Resolved a reseller issue where deleted teams were still shown in the reseller table.
• The affiliate banner is no longer shown to resellers or their managed teams.

• Added a performance history graph to visualise uptime performance over time.
• Added a new NTFY notification destination option.
• DNS Blocklist checks are now visible in the top navigation menu.
• Added dedicated history tabs for DNS Blocklist and Port Scanner checks.

Improvements #

• Updated the OpenAPI specification with response documentation for AI check endpoints, added NTFY as a notification destination, and included a managed teams update endpoint.
• Updated the PHP SDK with missing API resources and added reseller endpoints.
• Documentation now properly honours text/markdown requests from LLMs for docs, FAQs, and blog posts.
• Performance alerts now use p95 percentiles, reducing false positives caused by single slow requests.
• Added additional percentile validation (p30/p70) to further suppress false performance alerts.
• Cloudflare caching now varies by Accept header, and ResponseCache differentiates between Markdown and HTML responses.
• Improved blog styling and added support for Markdown tables.
• Improved performance for slow status pages.
• Updated outdated SDK documentation on the docs site.
• DNS Blocklist feature enhancements and documentation updates.
• Force address collection during checkout to ensure accurate invoicing in Yuki.
• Improved RDAP rate limiting for domain checks using per-server throttling and adaptive frequency.
• Reseller logic updated so subteams remain on trial if the parent reseller team is still on trial.

Fixes #

• Fixed an issue where fetching a monitor by URL did not search across all teams and could incorrectly return 404.
• Fixed passkey authentication issue.
• Fixed DNS check behaviour so TTL changes are stored without triggering alerts.
• Updated used-IPs list to correctly format IPv6 addresses.
• Performance checker now resets to success when there are insufficient samples (e.g., after changing check frequency).
• Fixed visual issue in documentation where gridlines overlapped text.

• Users can now enable the HSTS header on their custom-domain status pages.
• Recurring maintenance windows can now cross over to the next day.
• Added images to the DNS Blocklist and Port Scanning feature pages for improved clarity and presentation.

Improvements #

• Improved the Ping uptime checker by resolving the hostname before pinging the IP address. This avoids DNS-related timeouts and returns a clear error message if DNS resolution fails.
• Optimised dashboard database queries, reducing render time by 53%.
• Updated the OpenAPI specification to reflect all current API endpoints and structures.
• Updated and restructured documentation:
  • Split documentation per page
  • Added .md output
  • Introduced llms.txt helpers to make documentation easier to retrieve for AI agents
• Added materialized views in ClickHouse to improve performance for large-range data queries (e.g. over one year).
• Began addressing edge cases where invoices were not correctly exported to Yuki and therefore not sent via PEPPOL.

Fixes #

• Fixed a server error that occurred when adding a monitor with an invalid URL; the UI now shows a proper validation error instead.
• Applied multiple security hardening improvements across the application based on findings from a recent security audit.

• Improved DNS blocklist checks so they continue running even if one blocklist times out. Timeouts are now clearly shown in the results, and a new history entry is created whenever the timeout state changes.
• Added validation rules and tests for the AI monitor general settings to improve reliability.
• Added an AI monitor label field to make it easier to label AI monitors when creating them outside the wizard.

Fixes #

• Fixed a UI issue where the pricing calculator was not visible when using dark mode.

• Added port checking functionality to our uptime checking servers.
• Added port checks and DNS blocklist checks to the list of available checks on the main dashboard.
• Introduced recurring maintenance windows for more flexible scheduling.
• Added an optional delay_seconds parameter to the /stop-maintenance API endpoint.
• AI Checker can now suggest the first prompt automatically.

Improvements #

• Updated our competitor comparison pages.
• Changed the check interval for DNS blocklist checks to every 4 hours.
• Upgraded the application to Livewire 4.
• Updated the pricing page layout and presentation.

Fixes #

• Fixed a bug where performance alerts incorrectly reported sudden performance changes.
• Fixed a server error on the Uptime check details page caused by Livewire hydration issues.
• Fixed the sitemap checker to correctly respect the 20-minute timeout.
• Fixed an issue where invoice line amounts could not be zero for resellers who hadn’t exceeded their quota yet.

• Improved how Cron check results and history handle pending states, ensuring clearer and more accurate status displays.
• Added Instagram to the Broken Links whitelist to reduce false positives.
• Updated our pricing page with additional competitor comparisons and more content above the fold for better clarity.

Changes #

• Removed the Certificate Transparency section from our marketing materials.

• Improved the Uptime checker by sanitising non-UTF-8 characters before JSON serialization, preventing invalid responses from causing issues.
• Updated and refined the Third-party integrations pages, and added new bounties for Ansible and WordPress.
• Optimised Sitemap checks to avoid loading the full payload of each URL, improving performance and reducing memory usage.

Fixes #

• Fixed an issue where social-login owners could not require 2FA for team members.
• Increased the maximum number of Application Health check results from 50 to 100.

• Peppol invoicing is now active. Belgian B2B invoices are automatically sent via the Peppol network.
• The Lighthouse History page now shows the full history of runs and metrics, not just recent results.

Improvements #

• Improved tax calculations from Stripe by correctly handling VAT-inclusive and VAT-exclusive product pricing.
• Lighthouse charts now auto-adjust their scale when showing or hiding metrics, making comparisons easier.
• Added a close icon to the Support Bubble when it’s opened.
• Updated documentation for clarity and accuracy.

Fixes #

• Added a fallback to WHOIS when RDAP does not return an expiration date for .fi domains, ensuring domain expiration is reported correctly.

• Updated the Lighthouse checker to correctly audit HTTP sites when requested. This avoids automatic upgrades to HTTPS caused by modern browsers and ensures more accurate results.

• Significantly improved marketing site performance:

  • Converted over 100 SVGs to sprites for faster rendering.
  • Reduced overall JavaScript bundle size.
  • Removed unused libraries from marketing pages, including Chart.js.
  • Authentication-related scripts now load only on login and registration pages.
  • Replaced Axios with the browser’s native fetch() API.
  • Removed the Gill Sans webfont, reducing unnecessary font loading.
  • Applied multiple frontend optimizations to improve load speed and responsiveness.

• Improved menu performance by only initializing interactive components when needed, reducing page-load overhead.

• Enhanced blog performance and SEO:

  • Fixed Open Graph metadata for blog posts.
  • Improved image loading with preloading and prefetching.
  • Added missing author, timestamp, and alt-text metadata.
  • Ensured SEO tags are consistently passed to the main blog views.

• Improved user seeding logic so new Oh Dear users always land on the Oh Dear team after login, instead of a reseller team.

Fixes #

• Fixed Lighthouse checks incorrectly failing when disabled metrics or categories exceeded thresholds.
• Fixed a metadata issue where the monitor name was used instead of the site name in blog Open Graph data.

• Added support for mobile Lighthouse checks, allowing performance audits to better reflect mobile user experiences.

Improvements #

• Improved sitemap URL reachability to ensure more reliable sitemap checks.
• The Public API now lets you set the new_links_only and force_crawl_urls broken link settings when creating or updating monitors.

Fixes #

• Fixed an issue where cron titles could overflow the page width in the monthly report UI.

• Added Grok support to the AI checker.

Improvements #

• Oh Dear is now compatible with PHP 8.5.
• The AI checker now shows a cost warning when selecting an hourly check frequency.
• Updated documentation for clarity and accuracy.

Fixes #

• Preserved query strings in Status Page history and secret update links.
• Fixed Status Page history links to consistently use relative URLs.
• Fixed an issue in the Status Page template editor where typed text did not fully appear while editing.
• Fixed a broken link in the “How to configure maintenance windows” documentation.

• Added an anomaly detection Slack alert to flag potential worldwide issues when an unusually high number of notifications are being sent.
• Added new Claude models to the AI checker.
• Launched a new Careers section on the site.

Improvements #

• Improved the AI checker browser session to return clear JSON validation errors instead of redirecting.
• Truncated large AI checker JSON outputs to keep results readable; users are guided to screenshots for visual verification when needed.
• Fine-tuned AI checker prompts to reduce token usage.
• Reduced the maximum token limit to 30,000.
• Cleaned up AI checker HTML output by trimming unnecessary SVGs, images, and extra markup.

Fixes #

• Fixed a Passkeys issue caused by a missing configuration value after a package upgrade.
• Performance response time is now correctly included in the Monitors API response.

• Simplified how VAT is handled in Stripe / Cashier.
• Enabled caching on status badges. Previously, when session middleware was active, Cloudflare ignored cache-control headers due to set-cookie behavior; this is now resolved.
• The used-ips endpoint is now cached through Cloudflare for improved performance.
• Sitemap payloads are now always encoded as UTF-8 to ensure correct display in notifications.
• Optimised sitemap generation memory usage to avoid OOM issues.

Fixes #

• Corrected Japanese translations on status pages.
• Custom headers are now correctly sent during scheduled sitemap runs.
• Fixed a UI issue in the monthly uptime report email.
• Resolved a problem where the performance summary always returned “Error.”
• Request Timeline: fixed errors when totalTime was 0 and corrected percentage calculations.
• Lighthouse notification settings no longer overwrite frequency_* values.
• Fixed rounding issues for Lighthouse metric values in both notifications and the UI.
• Updated default metric thresholds for Lighthouse notifications.
• Prevented notifications from sending during an active maintenance period.
• Resolved false positive “problem fixed” events for skipped health checks
• The crawler now correctly reports URLs with new lines in the HTTP Host header as invalid.

• Added longer notification snooze options, including 6 months and 1 year.

Improvements #

• Our robots.txt crawler now sends the correct headers.
• Disabling the scheduled task check no longer deletes its cron definitions.
• Application Health checks no longer validate SSL certificates, since SSL validation is already handled by the Certificate Health check.

Fixes #

• Fixed a broken toggle in the DNS monitor settings.
• Fixed a server error that occurred when creating a Status Page update template with a very long title.

• Added support for multiple Lighthouse servers per continent to improve performance and regional accuracy.
• Improved compatibility with password managers by adding a well-known passkey endpoint.
• Added a Slack alert that triggers whenever the peak monitor count is updated.

Improvements #

• Lighthouse checks are now dispatched hourly instead of daily. The scheduler now correctly determines whether a Lighthouse check has run recently, ensuring checks aren’t skipped when queue processing takes longer than expected.

• Added an option for resellers to allow managed team users to create, update, and delete monitors.
• The Status page now shows the full update history, not just the last 7 days.

Improvements #

• Updated reseller documentation to clearly explain the different available user roles.

Fixes #

• Fixed an issue where CLS input fields in Lighthouse settings did not accept decimal values.
• Adjusted sorting on the Broken Links report so ignored links now appear at the bottom of the list, making new or active issues easier to find.

• Added a request waterfall timeline to uptime checks, providing clearer insight into each stage of request execution.
• Added AI monitoring to the Oh Dear documentation features page.
• Introduced a feature allowing resellers to remove managed teams.

Improvements #

• Improved performance records ingestion, resulting in faster data display across the UI.
• Updated copy across multiple sections: DNS, Broken Links, Lighthouse, and Uptime Monitoring pages, for clarity and consistency.
• On the Broken Links report UI, newly discovered links now appear at the top of the list, ensuring they are prioritized over ignored ones.
• Added a JavaScript client example to the MCP server documentation.

Bug Fixes #

• Fixed an issue that broke the UI when updating notification throttling and frequency settings.
• Fixed an issue where, if two monitors went down simultaneously on the status page, only one monitor’s updates were displayed.

• Teams can now choose custom plans, providing more flexibility in managing subscriptions.

Improvements #

• Improved uptime charts and the preview charts on the monitor list. Charts now correctly display when uptime data includes sub-millisecond values, instead of appearing as a flat line.
• Enhanced documentation for clarity.

• Added support for Stripe metered billing for resellers.
• Skipped non-unique URL checks in image sitemaps.

Improvements #

• Refactored scheduled task logs:
  • Logs are now retained for 45 days.
  • At least 10 pingFinished entries are always kept.
  • Better handling of pingStarting/pingFinished pairs.
• Improved scheduled task validation, only form fields relevant to the selected cron type are now validated.
• Refined UI across multiple sections for enhanced usability and visual consistency.
• Ensured all documentation categories are now included in the mobile menu.
• Added average packet loss to the uptime chart tooltip and fixed sub-millisecond display precision.

Bugfixes #

• Fixed an issue where the secondary location tab showed incorrect HTTP response headers.
• Added unique wire keys to prevent input leakage on Uptime, Notifications, and Broken Links settings pages.

• Added a new UI section showcasing all our third-party integrations, everything you can connect to Oh Dear in one place.
• Added a visible meta payload in scheduled task details so users can easily see when there was an issue during execution.

Improvements #

• The uptime secondary checker now runs from the same continent as the primary one, improving accuracy for users with regional geo-blocking and ensuring compliance for EU-based users who require checks to stay within their region.
• Added an “AI setup” option in the monitor creation flow. It’s currently in closed beta, with a “Coming soon” notice shown for all other users.

• Improved UI on the monitor list, removing the small chart stutter that happened during poll refreshes.
• Polished the uptime settings interface for a cleaner experience.
• Uptime buckets on the status page are now timezone-aware.
• Status page queries have been optimized to load much faster.

Fixes #

• Fixed an issue in the Crawler for URLs that contained .. (dot-dot) syntax.
• Fixed minor styling inconsistencies across the blog.
• Fixed an issue with the throttle_failed_interval_unit in Notification Settings that caused incorrect throttling behavior for some users.

• in the uptime results we now show results from both uptime checkers, should the first one fail
• on the billing screen, you can now see your invoices without having to go to the Stripe portal

Big performance improvements to our website, dashboard and uptime checks. more details

• We've added 🏓 ping and 🔌 TCP Port monitoring. See: Introducing Ping & TCP port monitoring
• you can now customize the frequency of the checks more details

Updates #

• we've published a new major version of our SDK

Meanwhile, we're also hard at work polishing the upcoming Ping / TCP monitor. We're now testing this extensively in our staging environment.

• we've added notification logs: https://ohdear.app/news-and-updates/introducing-our-new-notification-logs

Meanwhile we're also focussing on launching our Ping / TCP checks

• we've added a new uptime check location: Stockholm 🇸🇪

• we are working on adding support for ping and TCP monitoring. You'll find some more info in this blog post.
• we slightly adjusted the layout of the app: we now use Inter as the base font.

Fixes #

• we'll now deleted configured scheduled jobs monitors when the cron check is disabled

• a new "Detected Certificates" tab was added to the certificate health check screen. This tab will show all certificates we dedected for a site.
• we added a troubleshooting screen for lighthouse checks
• add graph was adding to the lighthouse result history
• on the new "Usage" screen you can now see how much sites / scheduled jobs you are using against your plan limits
• for the PHP developers amongst you: you'll be happy to know our code base has reached PHPStan level 6 💪
• show application health client error deails in application health report alert message
• add named windows to 'start-maintenance' api endpoint
• add Cloudflare email script link to global broken links whitelist
• complete static analysis coverage for the entire application

Fixes #

• small styling fixes
• fixed the 'domain' section in monthly reports for sites with unsupported RDAP TLDs
• fix seo meta tags for docs
• render correct site count when 'sites with issues' tab selected
• fix internal errors when handling partial payments

• you can now name a maintaince period, both in our UI and via our API
• we've improved the perceived performance of the list of sites: we first render placeholders, so the users get a fast response, and then replace those with the actual data as soon as it is loaded.
• we can now notify you via Google Chat
• we now accept payments via Revolut
• our registration page has been streamlined
• we now mention our available payment methods on the pricing page and in the FAQ
• our internal workflow to publish the changelog you are now reading has been improved

Fixes #

• ensure it is clear which things are clickable, by adding the cursor-pointer CSS class to those elements
• all broken links on the marketing website are fixed
• our crawler checks are scheduled more reliably
• we now correctly clean up old historical data

• add additional (and standardise) url validation
• move uptime summary below uptime chart

Internal #

• continuous improvements to static analysis coverage
• bug fixes

Fixes #

• apply all custom headers to application health check
• apply correct host header checks for status pages and GTM scripts

• restored uptime summary component in uptime/performance results
• add retries and delays when calling third-party APIs during monitoring
• increased static analysis level for internal testing

Fixes #

• fix run result alerts in multiple check components
• clarify run result errors in multiple check components
• fixed performance chart scaling issues
• improved exception handling in checks and reports
• other bug fixes

• updates to uptime redesign
• updates to check report page alert cards

Fixes #

• fixed a an issue where performance metrics were sometimes not being stored for offline sites

• automatically disable lighthouse reports that error (or time out) three times in a row an alert the team owner
• streamlined onboarding for new teams making it easier and faster to create your first site

Fixes #

• added clearer alert text to distinguish between SSL certificate and domain-related subjects
• only use Google Tag Manager for Oh Dear domains on status pages

Internals #

• removed backend dependencies
• fix dependency and build warnings for front-end assets
• the team is making final touches to an uptime and performance redesign (coming soon!)

• redesigned and simplified Oh Dear blog
• added monthly report settings to API
• added tag filters to site API

Fixes #

• added x.com to list of crawler ingore list defaults
• fixed API notification permissions issues

• added support for passkey authentication
• added API support for snoozing to individual cron and health check items
• added support for monthly site settings via API
• internal admin updates to help customer support create custom pricing for enterprise users
• internal admin updates tracking cancellation reasons to understand customer usage
• removed unused team check history (site check history is still available)

Fixes #

• fixed an issue with login via passkey authentication
• cleaned up site snooze history UI to clearly show active tabs

• added performance charts and tables to monthly site report
• added lighthouse report summary to monthly site report
• internal reporting, guides and docs to help with support

Fixes #

• fixed 'ignore' broken link issue with long URLs

• Added changelog RSS feed
• Speed improvements to dashboard and performance graphs

Behind the scenes #

• Removed all code related to new ping endpoint
• Fixed an issue with deleted site data not executing on schedule
• Fixed Clickhouse managed database issues (compute and sharding)
• Optimised Clickhouse ingress and queries for performance reporting

• On the snooze screen of a check, we now display the history when the check has been snoozed
• We've activated new onboarding and offboarding email flows

Behind the scenes #

• All of the uptime and performance statistics have been moved from MySQL to ClickHouse, unlocking future improvements
• By leveraging parallel testing, we made our test suite run 3x faster on GitHub Actions

Fixes #

• Fixed a bug where times were not displayed in the correct timezone on the scheduled jobs log
• We’ve added help text on various notification screens, making them easier to use
• Our status page now gets automatically updated, even if the uptime check is snoozed
• We’ve improved the error handling of our DNS checker, making it more reliable
• The sitemap checker can now correctly process empty sitemaps
• We increased the maximum run time of the sitemap checkers, enabling checking larger sitemaps
• A bug was fixed that prevented status pages from being automatically refreshed

🐘 We performed a couple of upgrades and we're now running our entire service on PHP 8.4 and Laravel 12 🥳

• When a site is considered offline because of too many redirects, we add a visual indicator to the UI that shows where in the redirect process the limit was reached
• Add datetime tooltips for uptime & scheduled tasks, to more clearly show UTC/server/user timezones

Fixes #

• Bugfix timestamp for scheduled task notifications not properly showing
• Allow longer application health check URLs on input validation

Internals #

• Better insights & notifications to subscription updates

• Allow toggling to only receive new broken links notifications (only when we detect that there are new broken links compared to the previous run)

Fixes #

• Fixed some missing translations on certificate detail pages

• New and improved ping.ohdear.app is now processing incoming traffic, around 5x faster than the old system 🎉

Fixes #

• Fixed performance chart on dashboard rendering backwards in edge cases
• Bugfix custom thresholds for certificate expiration monitoring

• Extended the Broken Links detail pages with fine-grained "Solutions", offering insights & actionable tips to resolve the detected problems
• Added ability to override robots.txt when crawling, allowing "force crawl" and "force do not crawl" URL options
• Tweaked blog layout for minor improvements
• Better internal management of our testimonials
• Applied response-caching for all marketing pages of the site (server-side rendering from 500ms -> 100ms)

Fixes #

• Applied smarter rate limiting & retry logic when deliver bulk notifications to the same destination (ie: same Slack channels)
• Fixed dark-mode styling on the homepage for small top-banner missing CSS
• Fixed performance issue on uptime check pages not loading when sites were down for > 24hrs
• Fixed the "Feature announcements" posts on the blog not sorting properly

• Automated deployments to staging & production for new ping-beta endpoint
• Updated layout for the blog
• Finished changes to the laravel-schedule-monitor package to include a default API URL and optional different ping endpoint
• Added caching to our Status Pages to better handle surges in traffic
• Updated Telegram Notification setup instructions for clarity

Fixes #

• Fixed wrong IP for the New York Lighthouse server being reported in the IPs Oh Dear uses

• Fixed message when certificates expire, to show actual time remaining before expiry instead of "soon"
• Affiliate page updated
• Introduction of this Changelog section 🥳
• Internal improvements to our helpdesk/support integrations
• Clarified the setup instructions for Telegram Notifications

• Pass-through IP address for ping-beta customers
• Allow local testing of ping callbacks
• Show Sitemap and Sitemap URL issues separately
• Filter invalid Markdown tags when configuring a Status Page
• Replace bespoke cookie banner with Cookiebot

Fixes #

• Prevent status update requests as a user is typing

• Allow a sites' Friendly Name to be configured straight in the Add Site modal
• Ensure the check names are always human readable
• Expose Sitemap crawling issues more clearly to the end-user
• Add API documentation for creating status pages & status page sites
• Upgraded from Tailwind CSS 3 to Tailwind CSS 4

Beta releases #

• A newly architected ping architecture for receiving cron jobs/scheduled tasks pingbacks is ready for internal testing

• The team is attending LaraconEU 2025 to meet with clients & like-minded developers 🥳

• Redesigned the "Add Site" screen for simplicity, advanced options are now hidden by default
• Add download and uptime exports per site
• Add daily downtime summary export
• Add sync status page sites api endpoint
• Add create status page api endpoint
• Add delete status page site api endpoint

Fixes #

• Fix for handling of bounced e-mail notifications