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We’ve released a new set of updates to help you reduce noise, customize your experience, and get clearer insights into your services. Here’s what’s new this month.

April saw widespread disruptions across SaaS platforms, developer tools, and cloud services, with login failures, pipeline issues, and general service outages among the most common problems. StatusGator’s Early Warning Signals consistently identified these incidents ahead of official provider updates. In several cases, the lead time was significant. Bitbucket pipeline failures were detected 1 hour 17 minutes before acknowledgment, while Claude performance issues surfaced 59 minutes early.

We’ve upgraded the Reports page in StatusGator to give you more insight directly inside the StatusGator dashboard. Previously, reporting was limited to exports you could use to calculate your own uptime percentages and trends. Now, in addition to exported reports, you can view key reports and metrics without needing to download anything. We’ve also added a one-click download of the most commonly requested report: Uptime percentage by monitor.

Keeping track of your Microsoft 365 services just got easier. We’ve rolled out an update to the Microsoft 365 integration that removes manual setup and improves visibility. All services in your account can now automatically appear as components, so you can monitor them right away.

Modern infrastructure is no longer just about what you build and run internally. Most DevOps and system administration teams rely on a growing number of external SaaS services, including cloud providers, monitoring tools, authentication systems, CI/CD platforms, communication tools, and more. When one of these services fails, your application may still look healthy internally, while users are already experiencing issues.

We’ve rolled out a small improvement to Status Embed and Status Modal that gives you more flexibility in how you integrate status information into your site. With this update, you can now choose between JavaScript and iFrame embeds.

At StatusGator, accessibility is a core part of how we build and deliver our product. Today, we’re sharing our latest Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT), which reflects our ongoing commitment to creating inclusive and usable experiences for everyone.

On April 23, 2026, the first signs of trouble with GitHub did not come from its status page. They came from users. As reports began surfacing across developer communities, including discussions on Hacker News, engineers described failed workflows and unexplained server errors. At that point, GitHub had not yet acknowledged any issue. StatusGator, however, was already seeing the pattern and issued an Early Warning Signal at 14:33 UTC.

We’ve added a new notification option to give you more control over how and when you get alerted: Recovery Notices. Until now, notifications were primarily focused on incidents – letting you know when something goes wrong. But we heard from many of you that not all alerts are equally useful. While some teams want full visibility across the entire lifecycle of an incident, others are mainly concerned with when a service goes down, not when it comes back up.