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12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667---title: "Status Pages for API Infrastructure"publishedAt: "2026-03-13"author: "openstatus"description: "Your API consumers expect transparency. Give them a branded status page with real-time uptime data, incident history, and subscription channels — powered by monitoring from 28 regions."category: "API Infrastructure"faq: - question: "Why do API providers need a public status page?" answer: "Your API consumers build their products on top of your infrastructure. When your API is down, their products are down. A public status page reduces support tickets, builds trust, and shows enterprise customers you take reliability seriously." - question: "Can I show per-endpoint status?" answer: "Yes. You can create separate page components for each API endpoint or service. Group them by product area, region, or any logical structure. Each component shows its own uptime data independently." - question: "Can I use monitoring as code to manage monitors?" answer: "Yes. Define your monitors as YAML configuration and manage them with the openstatus CLI or Terraform provider. Version control your monitoring setup alongside your API code." - question: "How do API consumers subscribe to updates?" answer: "Your consumers can subscribe via email, RSS/Atom feeds, or JSON feeds. Many API providers embed the JSON feed into their own dashboards to show upstream status to their users."---
## Why API providers need a status page
Your API consumers build their products on top of your infrastructure. When your API degrades, their products degrade. They need to know — **immediately**.
A status page is the standard way API providers communicate reliability. If you don't have one, enterprise customers will ask why.
## What API infrastructure teams need
### Per-endpoint visibility
Create separate **page components** for each API endpoint or service. Group by product area, region, or environment. Your consumers see exactly which services are affected.
### Real-time monitoring data
Attach your monitors directly to status page components. Uptime data updates automatically — no manual status changes needed for detected incidents.
### Monitoring as Code
Define monitors as **YAML config** and manage them with the CLI or **Terraform provider**. Version control your monitoring alongside your API code. Deploy changes through CI/CD.
```yamluptime-monitor: name: "REST API" frequency: "1m" regions: [iad, ams, sin, syd] request: url: https://api.yourservice.com/health method: GET```
### Assertions and thresholds
Validate responses beyond status codes. Check **headers**, **body content**, and **response times**. Set **degraded** and **timeout** thresholds to catch performance issues before they become outages.
### Subscriber channels
Let your API consumers subscribe via **email**, **RSS/Atom**, or **JSON** feeds. The JSON feed is particularly useful for consumers who want to embed your status into their own dashboards.
### Custom domain
Host on `status.yourapi.com`. Your consumers expect it.
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Give your API consumers the transparency they expect
<ButtonLink href="https://app.openstatus.dev">Create Your Status Page</ButtonLink>
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