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New comment by 4815162342 in "Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI"

4815162342 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:30:25 +0000

Good question! There's no such thing as a "running" task/job at the moment (i.e., a start signal). The closest thing is lengthening the grace period, but that also means that the notification is delayed, so it's not really a solution. This is in the backlog.

New comment by 4815162342 in "Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI"

4815162342 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:34:44 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion!

There's currently no explicit "fail" ping, as that's not the main use case I care about. It's valid, though, and I've thought about adding it.

Being able to pipe logs to curl would also be useful. I'm concerned that people might accidentally send me private/sensitive data, but I'll consider it.

Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI

4815162342 — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:47:59 +0000

Hello HN. I built this mostly to monitor the things I host myself. I know it's nothing too exciting.

Anyway, the TL;DR is: Create an endpoint, and if your script/cronjob fails to regularly ping it, you get notified (by email or ntfy). E.g.:

    0 * * * * ./script.sh && curl -fsS https://sigabrt.dev/pulse//beat

It also has an SSH TUI which is currently experimental and read-only, mostly because I'm not sure whether it is actually useful or just a gimmick :):

    ssh sigabrt.dev

To use it, simply add your SSH public key in your account settings.

Yes, there are services like this already, and this is minimalistic by comparison. Feedback is welcome.

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