We’re excited to announce that Early Warning Signals —proactive alerts that notify you of potential service issues before official acknowledgment—are now fully supported in StatusGator Webhooks.
With Early Warning Signals delivered through your webhook integrations, you can detect early signs of trouble and act before a full incident is posted. This means more time to prepare, fewer surprises, and better uptime for your customers.
What are Early Warning Signals?
Early Warning Signals are sent when we detect indicators of possible trouble—such as unusual error spikes, degraded performance, or service anomalies—but before the affected service has posted an official status update acknowledging the issue.
These alerts are particularly valuable for:
- Earlier awareness – Know about potential issues before public confirmation.
- Context building – Correlate early signs with other internal monitoring data.
- Faster Internal communication – Inform your teams about possible disruptions in real time.
Early Warning Signals in action
When an Early Warning Signal is detected, StatusGator sends a structured JSON webhook payload, just like a standard incident notification.
Example Early Warning Signals Payload:
{
"type": "EarlyWarningSignal", // The notification type
"recorded_at": "2025-01-29T20:54:48Z", // ISO8601 UTC timestamp
"service": {
"id": "M1xKnyloHR",
"name": "Resideo",
"slug": "resideo",
"home_page_url": "https://resideo.com",
"status_page_url": "https://status.resideo.com",
"icon_url": "https://favicons.statusgator.com/resideo.png",
"landing_page_url": "https://statusgator.com/services/resideo"
},
"monitor": {
"id": "uZoM2YK1rn",
"type": "ServiceMonitor",
"display_name": "Resideo",
"icon_url": "https://favicons.statusgator.com/resideo.png"
},
"board": {
"id": "X1iMbb5HTm",
"name": "123"
},
"summary": "Service outage",
"yes_vote_url": "https://statusgator.com/signal_alerts/UkLWZg9DAJ/confirm",
"no_vote_url": "https://statusgator.com/signal_alerts/UkLWZg9DAJ/deny"
}
Early Warning Signals payloads align with the enhanced structure of Webhook Version 3.0, offering clear and consistent integration capabilities.
Available on Webhook 3.0
Early Warning Signals delivery is built on Webhook Version 3.0, released in June 2025—our latest webhook schema designed for clarity, consistency, and reliability.
If you created your integration before June 2025, you’re likely on version 2.0. This legacy version is deprecated and will eventually be removed (with plenty of advance notice). We recommend upgrading to 3.0 to ensure compatibility and receive the latest features.
Webhook 3.0 Highlights:
- Structured Payloads – Clear, predictable fields for service, monitor, and components.
- Richer Context – Nested attribute sections provide more context to help you connect the event to other pieces of your system
- Better Security – Webhook 3.0 supports HMAC signature verification
- Custom Headers – You can now pass along custom headers for things like
All new webhook integrations use v3.0 by default.
How to manage Early Warning Signals settings
Early Warning Signals are enabled by default, so you’ll begin receiving these alerts automatically.
If you’d like to review or adjust your Early Warning Signals settings, you can:
- Per monitor – Go to a monitor’s Settings → Notifications tab and check Early Warning Signals for that specific monitor.
- Globally – Go to Board Settings → Monitor Notifications to control Early Warning Signals for all monitors in that board.
Early Warning Signals give you visibility into potential service issues before they’re officially acknowledged—and with Webhook 3.0, those alerts arrive in a robust, structured format that’s easy to integrate into your workflows.
