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title: Granular check-in notifications
date: "2024-06-14"
publisher: Honeybadger
url: "https://www.honeybadger.io/changelog/granular-check-in-notifications/"
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Honeybadger's check-ins feature allows you to [monitor your cron jobs and periodic tasks](/tour/cron-job-heartbeat-monitoring/) with a simple heartbeat monitor, ensuring that important things—such as a nightly backup or a weekly billing task—happen on time. The way it works is simple: we give you a URL, and you call the URL. If we stop hearing from you within a configured time period, Honeybadger alerts you.

Before today, all check-ins for a project would notify all configured alert and integration channels; there was no way to select individual check-ins for individual alerts. We've improved this so that you can now select which specific check-ins you want to be notified of for each of your integrations/alerts.

![A user interface showing two sections: "Check-In Events" and "Check-Ins". The Check-In Events section explains notifications for missing cron jobs or services, with checkboxes for "When a check-in is missing" and "When a check-in is reporting again". The Check-Ins section lists events to be reported, with checkboxes for "Payment Processor", "Email Notifier", and "SMS Notifier". The design uses a clean, minimalist layout with teal checkboxes for selected options.](https://www-files.honeybadger.io/changelog/granular-check-in-notifications/channel-check-in-events.png)

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