Let's Get Proactive! Synthetic Monitoring Is Here

OpenObserve has introduced Synthetic Monitoring in beta for OpenObserve Cloud, adding scheduled outside-in checks that can detect failures independently of application traffic and complement existing logs, metrics, and traces. The feature supports HTTP, TCP, TLS, and SSH monitoring with assertions for factors such as status codes, latency, response content, and certificate expiration, using managed probes from multiple locations. Browser-based monitoring can run standard Playwright test scripts or use a built-in recorder to capture user journeys, while run histories, screenshots, and step-level failure evidence help diagnose incidents. Its alerting distinguishes flaky behavior from degradation, includes location and recovery information, and provides cooldown controls to reduce alert fatigue. Private Locations enable the same checks for internal services through a lightweight outbound-only agent, without requiring inbound firewall access. Results are stored in the native synthetics_results stream, where they can be queried, dashboarded, and alerted on alongside other OpenObserve data with existing RBAC controls, and the company is seeking community feedback during the beta period.

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