Checks
Visual changes wait for someone to review them. Technical failures, such as a server error, open an issue straight away. Between scans, uptime checks watch whether your key pages answer.
Approved baseline · Oct 20
Current · today 09:12
Each new screenshot is compared with the baseline you approved. Changed areas get numbered boxes, the largest first.
Read more : Changed areas are outlined on the new screenshot1440 × 900
390 × 844
By default, pages are captured at 1440 and 390 pixels wide, so a layout that only breaks on phones is found too. Both captures count as one page.
Read more : Each page is checked on desktop and on mobileIssue opened for https://northwind-shop.example/checkout/
Each request is logged with its status code and response time. A 4xx or 5xx response opens an issue at once, without waiting for a review.
Read more : Server errors and redirects✕ Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties
of undefined (reading 'total')
Failed to load resource: the server
responded with a status of 500
Errors thrown while a page loads are recorded with their message, so a broken checkout script shows up on the next scan.
Read more : JavaScript errors on the page
https://northwind-shop.example/tents/: tent-ridgeline.webp returned 404
When an image returns an error, the page and the image address are listed.
Read more : Images that fail to loadKey URLs are requested every minute on Agency and every 5 minutes on Growth. A page counts as down only after 3 failed checks in a row, about a minute apart, and a confirmation check.
Read more : Uptime checks between scansRookflare APP 09:12 · #ops-alerts
Critical: Page returns HTTP 500
View issue
Rookflare APP 09:40 · #ops-alerts
Resolved: Page returns HTTP 500
You get one message when an issue opens and a separate one when it is resolved. If the same failure is found again, the issue is updated and no new alert is sent unless it gets worse.
Read more : One alert per issue Selected element
Link · “Shop tents”
Found on desktop and mobile
Watch this elementOpen a screenshot of your page and click the order button, the contact form or the cart. Rookflare finds a stable way to recognize each one and opens a critical issue when it disappears or is hidden, on desktop or on mobile. No code needed.
Read more : Click the buttons and forms that must never breakA visual change is never accepted on its own. Someone on your team approves it as the new baseline or marks it as expected.
Read more : You decide what the new normal istitle: Tents & shelters · Northwind Shop
robots: index, follow
robots: noindex
canonical: https://northwind-shop.example/tents/
A noindex robots tag and a missing title are flagged, and a changed title or canonical address is compared with the previous scan.
Read more : Search settings that changedRookflare APP 14:03 · #ops-alerts
Down: https://northwind-shop.example/checkout/ Down
Confirmed after 3 failed checks
Rookflare APP 14:25 · #ops-alerts
Back up: https://northwind-shop.example/checkout/ Up
Back up after 22 min
You get one email, Slack message or text when a page goes down, and a call if you turned that on, then another message when it answers again, with how long it was down.
Read more : Told when it goes down and when it is backA warning appears when an SSL certificate expires within 14 days or a page answers much slower than it usually does.
Read more : Expiring certificates and slow pagesAn issue records when the failure was first seen, each scan that saw it again and when it was resolved.
Read more : Every issue keeps its historyCritical: Page returns HTTP 500 on Northwind Shop
Rookflare · to [email protected]
Rookflare found a new issue that needs your attention.
Page returns HTTP 500
Choose who gets an email and which Slack channel gets the message. From Growth, critical problems can also go out as a text message, and a short call when a site goes down. Screenshots stay in Rookflare and open after you sign in.
Read more : Alerts by email, Slack, text or callScan after deploy
Deploys are a common time for pages to break. A deploy hook starts a scan right away, so you hear about it before the next scheduled scan.
Deploy hook
On Growth and Agency, create a deploy hook in the website settings. Your pipeline calls it with a secret token when a deploy finishes and Rookflare scans the website straight away.
Demo: someone copies the GitHub Actions step, the next deploy calls the deploy hook and Rookflare starts a scan of the website right away.
Scan after deploy
Your CI or host calls one URL with a secret token after each deploy. Repeated calls for the same deploy start only one scan.
Add the token as the ROOKFLARE_DEPLOY_TOKEN repository secret, then add this step after your deploy step.
Sample endpoint and placeholder token
Integrations
Start a scan from your deploy pipeline, get alerts where your team already looks and send clients a monthly report under your own logo.
All integrations and setup guidesAlert channels
Add your address, pick the pages and approve the first scan as your baseline.
Plans start at €19 per month. Prices are provisional.
