# How to Monitor Zapier Uptime

> Zapier is a popular automation platform that connects thousands of apps into automated workflows called Zaps, with no code required.

*Source: https://monitoristic.com/monitor/zapier*

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## Why Monitor Zapier?

Zapier is fully hosted, so you monitor what you control: the webhook endpoints that trigger your Zaps and the apps your Zaps connect to. When a trigger stops firing or a connected service goes down, your Zaps quietly stop working — and a broken automation you're relying on is worse than no automation, because you've stopped doing the task manually.

## What to Monitor

- `hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/your-hook-id` — Your Zapier Catch Hook trigger endpoint
- `your-app.com/api/health` — An app endpoint your Zaps depend on
- `status.zapier.com` — Zapier's platform status for service-level incidents

## What You Should Actually Do

1. Monitor your Zapier Catch Hook trigger URLs — a silent trigger failure stops the Zap with no error in Zapier
2. Monitor the apps and endpoints your Zaps depend on — a connected app outage breaks the Zap partway through
3. Build a heartbeat Zap that hits a monitored endpoint on a schedule to detect when Zapier stops running your tasks
4. Check Zapier's status page during incidents, but rely on your own monitors for trigger and dependency failures
5. Keep a direct alert channel separate from Zapier so a Zapier outage doesn't silence your downtime alerts

## Zapier's Official Status Page

Zapier publishes real-time status at https://status.zapier.com. Your own monitor complements it by catching connection-level issues, often before the status page updates.

## Takeaway

Zapier is hosted, so the question isn't 'is Zapier up?' — it's 'are my Zaps actually running?' The answer depends on your trigger webhooks and connected apps, both of which you can monitor. The most dangerous Zapier failures are silent: a trigger that stops firing or a step that quietly breaks. A broken automation you trust is worse than none at all — monitoring the endpoints your Zaps depend on keeps that trust earned.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can I monitor whether my Zaps are running?

You can't monitor Zapier's servers directly, but you can monitor the trigger webhooks (Catch Hooks) and the apps your Zaps depend on. You can also build a heartbeat Zap that pings a monitored endpoint on a schedule, so you'll know if Zapier stops executing your tasks.

### Why did my Zap stop working without any error?

If a Zap shows no recent task history and no errors, the trigger likely stopped firing — the Catch Hook isn't receiving data, or an upstream app changed. Monitoring the trigger webhook endpoint catches this silent failure that Zapier itself won't flag.

### How do I know if a Zapier-connected app is the problem?

Monitor the apps and endpoints your Zaps rely on. When a connected service goes down, your monitor alerts you and identifies the failing dependency, so you know exactly which step broke the Zap.

### How is this different from status.zapier.com?

Zapier's status page reports platform-wide incidents. It won't tell you that your specific Catch Hook stopped firing or that a connected app went down. Those Zap-specific failures only surface through monitoring the endpoints your Zaps actually use.