Browser Synthetic Monitoring
Monitor Web Flows & Uptime — with Screenshots, History & Alerts
Watchlog runs your critical journeys every few minutes, captures step-by-step screenshots, checks assertions, and alerts your team via Email, Slack, Telegram or Webhooks. Debug failures fast with run history, timings, and P95 trends.
Why browser synthetics?
Backend metrics say your app is “healthy”, yet users still fail to login or checkout. Synthetic monitoring exercises real user flows on a schedule and proves the journey actually works—end to end.
- Validate critical paths: login, checkout, search, dashboards, and more.
- Get step-by-step screenshots for instant visual context.
- Track duration, average and P95 to prevent latency regressions.
- Alert Email, Slack, Telegram, or custom Webhooks with rich payloads.
What you get with Watchlog
Flows & Uptime in one place
Journeys + ping checks. One clean dashboard.
Fast troubleshooting
Jump from failing step to its screenshot and logs.
Actionable alerts
Channels, routing, throttle & dedup out of the box.
History & trends
30-day success, last 10 runs, and performance lines.
Key Features
Step Actions & Assertions
goto, click, fill, waits, and content assertions for reliable journeys.
Screenshots Timeline
Each step captures a screenshot to speed up root-cause analysis.
History & P95
See last runs, average/p95 duration, and success trend over 30 days.
Flexible Schedules
Run every 5 minutes (or custom) from chosen regions.
Alerts & Webhooks
Email, Slack, Telegram, and custom endpoints with templated payloads.
Import / Export JSON
Version tests in Git and share flows between teams.
How it works
- 1. CreateAdd a synthetic test for a flow or page.
- 2. Record / DefineBuild steps via UI or import JSON.
- 3. ScheduleChoose region & frequency (e.g. every 5m).
- 4. Assert & AlertSet success rules and notification routes.
- 5. DebugUse screenshots, timings & history to fix fast.
Start in Minutes
Import a simple login flow and schedule it to run every 5 minutes. Get screenshots and alerts on failure.
Synthetic Test — login flow (JSON)
{
"name": "Watchlog login test",
"options": {
"viewport": {
"width": 1366,
"height": 768
},
"timeoutMs": 5000
},
"steps": [
{
"action": "goto", "url": "https://app.watchlog.io/account/login", "waitUntil": "domcontentloaded"
},
{
"action": "waitForNetworkIdle"
},
{
"action": "fill", "selector": "#email","value": "[email protected]"
},
{
"action": "fill", "selector": "#password", "value": "••••••••"
},
{
"action": "click", "selector": "text=login"
},
{
"action": "waitFor", "selector": "text=Dashboards"
}
]
}
Also available via UI with Import/Export JSON.
Popular Use Cases
Auth & Login
Guarantee users can sign in across regions and providers.
Checkout & Payments
Catch broken buttons, captcha loops, and slow gateways early.
Critical Dashboards
Ensure KPIs load and charts render within your SLOs.
Synthetic Tests FAQs
How often can tests run?
Typical schedules start every 5 minutes; you can raise or lower per test.
What alert channels are supported?
Email, Slack, Telegram, and custom Webhooks with JSON payload templates.
Do you store screenshots?
We keep step screenshots for recent runs to accelerate debugging.
Can I import/export tests?
Yes—use the JSON format to version tests in Git and share with teammates.
Need something specific? Contact us
Ready to prove your user journeys work—24/7?