01 / PLANNED
Delivery and format checks
Planned checks would distinguish transport failures, unexpected content types, and parsing problems.
RSS publishing health · Early research
Find out when a feed stops delivering the right updates.
A planned RSS and Atom health monitor for publishers, combining delivery checks, item changes, and owner-reviewed alerts. Join the research waitlist.
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Designed around publishers and small organizations maintaining several public article or announcement feeds.
Concept preview · fictional workflow
| Feed | Observation | Review |
|---|---|---|
| Product updates | Unexpected HTML response | Check redirect |
| Research notes | Repeated item ID | Check publisher |
| Community news | Within weekly cadence | No action |
Illustrative sample data. This is a product concept; these features are not available yet.
MADE FOR THE WORK IN BETWEEN↗
THE FRICTION
A feed URL can return a page successfully while publishing no new items, changing identifiers, or linking to missing articles. A syntax check alone cannot explain the whole publishing path.
THE PRODUCT WE’RE EXPLORING
FeedBeacon, in three parts.
FeedBeacon would compare scheduled observations of your own feeds and flag changes against a declared publishing expectation. A quiet feed would not automatically be treated as broken.
Three planned capabilities we want to validate with early users.
02 / PLANNED
Item continuity
Proposed comparisons would flag unexpected identifier changes, duplicates, and missing article links.
03 / PLANNED
Alerts with publishing context
Planned thresholds would use your expected cadence and maintenance windows to reduce avoidable alerts.
AN INTENDED WORKFLOW
A clearer next step.
Less work around it.
A focused approach for publishers and small organizations maintaining several public article or announcement feeds.
- 01
Declare the feed and cadence
Register an authorized public feed and explain when new items are normally expected.
- 02
Review a changed observation
Inspect response details and item history before deciding whether an incident needs action.
- 03
Confirm recovery
Retest after a fix and keep the incident explanation with the feed.
HELP SHAPE THE FIRST VERSION
A better workflow starts with your experience.
Join the FeedBeacon waitlist for early-access updates and an optional research conversation.
This product is in research. Planned features and integrations are not available yet.
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Manage your data ↗GOOD TO KNOW
A few useful answers.
Is monitoring running now?
No. This page is a research waitlist. It does not fetch feeds for visitors or send health alerts.
Can it guarantee delivery to every reader?
No. A future monitor could inspect selected public endpoints; readers have their own caches, schedules, and access behavior.
Will it monitor private subscription feeds?
That is outside the initial scope. Do not submit private feed URLs, access tokens, or subscriber information in the interest form.