Features
Watch servers
Get notified by direct message, email, webhook or push when a Minecraft server stops responding. Works for servers without the plugin too.
A watch pings a server address every minute and notifies you when the server stops responding. It works with any reachable Java or Bedrock server, without the plugin and without a Discord server of your own. All you need is a Discord login; the watch belongs to your account.
Set up
- Open the dashboard and click "Set up a watch" at the top, next to the server picker.
- Under "Watched servers", click "Add a server".
- Enter the "Server address", for example
play.example.eu, and click "Add a server". - Under "Notify via", your direct message is already there. Add more routes with "Add email", "Add webhook" or "Add this browser".
- Click "Edit" on a route, then "Send test".
A new server reports "Server stopped answering" and "Server is back", after a five-minute grace period. An email address only gets notifications once you've opened the link in the confirmation email.
Settings
Per server
Click "Edit" on a server.
| Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
| Name | Shown in the list instead of the address |
| Grace period | How long the server has to be down before you're notified: at once, or after 1, 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes |
| Minecraft server | A connected server on a Discord server you manage. Needed for everything the plugin reports. |
| Notify on | What you get notified about, see below |
| Active | Pauses the watch without deleting it |
Up to 25 servers per account.
Notify on
| Event | Needs |
|---|---|
| Server stopped answering, Server is back | The address only |
| More players than, Fewer players than | The address only. Reports once when the number is crossed. |
| Version changed | The address only |
| Flow switched itself off, Flow repeatedly turned away | A chosen "Minecraft server", see Flows |
| Chat sync down, Chat sync is back, Token never used, Token leaked publicly, Server command rejected, Warning from the console, Whitelist request waiting, TPS too low, TPS back to normal | A chosen "Minecraft server" with the plugin |
Notify via
| Route | Note |
|---|---|
| Direct message | There from the start. The bot messages you on Discord. |
| Only after you confirm it. The link is valid for three days. | |
| Webhook | Discord, Slack, ntfy, Gotify or JSON for your own system. https only. |
| Push | A notification in this browser. On iPhone and iPad the site has to be on the home screen. |
Up to ten routes per account. With "Delay", a route only gets an outage if it's still going after 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes. If it's resolved before then, nothing arrives there. For example: push at once, email after 15 minutes. A route with a delay only gets outages, no other notifications.
Quiet hours
Notifications during "Quiet hours" arrive once they're over. Outages and the all-clear that follows come at once: server stopped answering, chat sync down, token leaked publicly. The times use your time zone, which the dashboard takes from your browser.
"Sent notifications" lists the latest notifications, including waiting and failed ones.
Problems
No notification arrived
- Look under "Sent notifications". If it's waiting, quiet hours or a delay are running.
- If the server was down for less than the grace period, there's no notification.
- A route marked "Paused: too many failures in a row" failed ten times. Check the address or URL and add it again.
The direct message doesn't arrive
Discord only delivers it if you allow direct messages from server members in your Discord settings. The other routes aren't affected.
The server shows "Not responding" while it's running
Not every domain is a server address: hypixel.net doesn't respond, mc.hypixel.net does. Use the address you join with in the game. If the address runs Bedrock, pick the "Edition" when you add it.
The confirmation email expired
The link is valid for three days and works once. Open the route with "Edit" and click "Resend confirmation".
"Add this browser" doesn't work
Push usually fails in private windows. Use a normal window. On iPhone and iPad, first add the site via Share → "Add to Home Screen" and open it from there.
The plugin events are greyed out
Pick a connected server under "Minecraft server". You can only choose servers on Discord servers you manage.
Background: watches and notices in a channel
A watch queries the public address, like a player would. A server whose plugin still talks to the bot while its port is closed counts as down here.
Notices are posted by the bot into a Discord channel, for everyone who reads it. A watch notifies only you and needs no permissions on any Discord server.