Enhancement Suggestions - Server Availability & Monitoring

[100NikhilBro]

Enhancement Suggestions - Server Availability & Monitoring

Phase 1: Prevent Cold Start with Uptime Monitoring

For free-tier or serverless hosting platforms, servers often go to sleep after periods of inactivity, causing slow first-request latency (cold start). To mitigate this, we suggest using a service like UptimeRobot to ping the server every 5 minutes.

Why?

• Reduces first-request latency for users.
• Maintains server availability during inactive periods.
• Follows industry-standard practice for free-tier/serverless hosting.

Next Steps (Optional)

• Create a simple health-check endpoint for uptime monitoring.

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Phase 2: Advanced Monitoring & Error Tracking

For production-grade observability, we can integrate tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry.

Tools & Purpose

• Prometheus: Collects and stores server metrics (CPU, memory, request counts, response times).
• Grafana: Visualizes metrics via dashboards for trends and anomalies.
• Sentry: Tracks runtime errors, crashes, and exceptions with real-time alerts.

Why?

• Phase 1 only keeps the server awake; Phase 2 provides deep insights and observability.
• Helps detect issues proactively rather than reactively.
• Supports scaling and optimization decisions based on real metrics.

How it helps:

• Monitors server health, latency, and traffic patterns.
• Sends alerts for errors or unusual performance metrics.
• Ensures reliable and consistent user experience.

Note: This phased approach allows projects to start simple with uptime monitoring and gradually move to full observability as the application grows.

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[100NikhilBro]

@Avdhesh-Varshney: Please attach the relevant tags/labels and difficulty/priority levels to this issue.

[Avdhesh-Varshney]

@100NikhilBro Nice issue, You can use /health API end-point which I've already created.

[100NikhilBro]

@Avdhesh-Varshney
Okay, I’ll use them.
Also, I wanted to mention that I opened some issues in your AtoZ organization, specifically in the Paisable project, and tagged you there — but I haven’t received any response yet.
Just wanted to check if those issues are valid or if there’s something I should update. 🙌

[Avdhesh-Varshney]

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