UDP port monitoring support#61
Support UDP port monitoring
Planned or abandonned ?
UDP by definition is stateless, so there’s no guarantee you’d get any sort of response from a UDP port. Places where these sorts of health checks are implemented usually rely on a separate TCP check for anything UDP.
Anything that actively checked UDP would need to be very protocol/application specific, so VoIP, a particular VPN etc. Quite specific for each use-case, not really feasible
It’s entirely feasible. Leave that on the user like every other service that does this.
Hi all, we are considering this feature already.
However, we are not sure what would you want to be considered as incident - whether the service is up or down. Do you have any idea how it should work or any specific use-case? It would be really helpful.
Thanks.
Start basic, does it connect. Maybe eventually a threshold for response (any response). Then maybe matched response
First of all, you can’t advertise that you monitor ANY port if you don’t monitor UDP, so you should change your advertising: https://uptimerobot.com/port-monitoring/
UDP monitoring is critical for game servers. I want to monitor my game servers, but can’t use your service because of this, so you are losing out on customers here.
Really disappointed to see this open for 3 years and be your 6th most voted for suggestion.
I guess this isn’t ever going to happen?
We’re exploring potential solutions - stay tuned for updates!
UDP ports for gaming server is a must please add this, ive used uptime robot for many years and i dont want to move away from it because i now need something that will tell me when the servers are down using UDP ports
Hey everyone. We have released the UDP monitoring feature. You can now configure monitors by specifying the target host/IP, UDP port, and the data to send, then validate responses by checking for specific keywords and setting acceptable packet loss thresholds. Feel free to let us know if you have further feedback through our support channels or Discord.