Simple Process Monitoring with Check-ins
Prevent silent failures, monitor any process with AppSignal
# Monitor & Report BuilderWhat is Simple Process Monitoring with Check-ins?
Silent failures in background jobs? AppSignal now offers full process monitoring with Check-ins plus AppSignal Wrap — a lightweight wrapper that tracks your background processes and alerts you to failures before your customers do.
Problem
Users are experiencing silent failures in background jobs that go undetected until customers are affected, leading to unresolved issues and potential revenue loss. Traditional monitoring solutions fail to provide timely alerts before customer impact occurs.
Solution
A process monitoring tool (Check-ins) combined with AppSignal Wrap, enabling users to track background processes in real-time and receive proactive alerts before failures escalate. Example: Developers wrap background jobs with AppSignal Wrap to monitor execution and set up Check-ins to verify process completion.
Customers
DevOps engineers, software developers, and engineering managers responsible for maintaining reliable backend systems, particularly those using background jobs (e.g., data processing, cron tasks).
Unique Features
Combines Check-ins (process verification) with AppSignal Wrap (lightweight instrumentation) for end-to-end visibility; Integrates directly with existing workflows without requiring full APM adoption.
User Comments
Proactively catches failed cron jobs
Simplifies monitoring of background processes
Reduces time spent debugging silent failures
Easy integration with existing code
Critical for maintaining system reliability
Traction
Product launched 3 days ago on ProductHunt; Part of AppSignal's established platform with 1,500+ paying customers and $2M+ ARR; Founder has 2.3K followers on X (Twitter).
Market Size
The application performance monitoring market is projected to reach $11.96 billion by 2028 (Grand View Research), with background job monitoring being a critical subset of this sector.
