Is It Down? Get Outage Alerts From X Before the Status Page

Short answer: when a service goes down, the first signal is usually people on X asking "is it down?". Create an AyeWatch X search monitor like (chatgpt OR openai) (down OR outage OR "not working"), add the filter "people reporting it is down right now", and you hear about outages from users, not from a status page that updates late.

Set it up

Open Create a monitor → X. Keep Search.
Type the service name plus outage words: down, outage, "not working", 502.
In Only alert me about, write "people reporting [service] is down right now". It drops jokes and old news.
Pick Hourly or ASAP mode on Pro+ and click Create monitor.

AyeWatch X Search monitor for ChatGPT outage reports with an AI filter for people reporting it is down right now — Service name plus outage words, filtered to live reports.

What you get

The first check saves the current posts as a starting point, so you are not flooded with old ones. After that, every check that finds something new sends one alert. The headline is the post itself, or "3 new from …" when several land at once, with a link to each post and its text.

Example AyeWatch alert in the web feed: 3 posts reporting that a made-up CRM is down — Example alert in the web feed. The account and posts are made up.

Example AyeWatch push notification and alert screen on a phone: 3 posts reporting that a made-up CRM is down — The same alert as a push notification and in the AyeWatch app.

Several reports in one alert is the signal. One person's bad Wi-Fi is a single post.

Alerts land in your feed and as push in the AyeWatch iOS and Android app. On Pro and Pro+ you can also turn on email, Slack, or a webhook.

Get outage alerts

Free Preview includes 3 credits to try it. No card.

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What it costs

X search with the filter is 3 credits a check.

Check every	Credits a day	Plan that fits
Every 3 hours	24	Pro+
Hourly	72	Pro+ with top-ups

Plans: Free Preview gives you 3 credits to try a monitor on a daily check. Pro is $9 a month for 500 credits and checks as often as hourly. Pro+ is $19 a month for 1,500 credits and adds ASAP mode. Failed checks are refunded, and the form shows the exact daily credit use before you save.

Run a service yourself? Search your own product name to hear about outages from customers. Also monitor the vendor's status page with a webpage monitor.

FAQ

Is this faster than Downdetector?

It reads the same kind of user reports, from X, and sends them to you. How soon depends on your schedule.

Can I monitor my own product for outage reports?

Yes. Search your product name with outage words and exclude your own account with -from:yourhandle.

Can it post to our incident channel?

Yes, on Pro and Pro+, with Slack or a webhook.