Monitoring now resumes reliably after your Mac wakes from sleep. Previously, following an overnight sleep, status checks could stay paused until you restarted Outpost Beacon. Manually refreshing or checking a single service now resumes monitoring as well. Clearing monitoring history now updates the reported data size immediately, instead of continuing to show the previous size until the next launch.

This update adds more ways to send requests, write checks faster, and manage services during busy moments. NEW • fetchRequest() — send GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, or DELETE requests with custom headers and bodies, for API and GraphQL checks • Snippet Palette — press Cmd+Shift+P in the script editor to insert common check patterns and tab through the fields • Mute a service — silence a single service during planned maintenance so it stops alerting and stops coloring the menu bar, while still recording history • Check Now — re-poll a single service immediately instead of waiting for the next cycle • Copy Status Summary — copy a clean plain-text snapshot of service health to paste into Slack or a ticket • Export the incident timeline as CSV or PDF FIXED • The floating dashboard sometimes showed window control buttons, this has been resolved • The icon and color picker in the script editor no longer clips its color swatches Thanks for using Outpost Beacon. As always, all monitoring stays on your Mac.

Version 1.4 helps you organize and scale to more services. • Service Groups - organize the dashboard into named, collapsible sections, with a pinned at-a-glance health summary for large setups • Service Dependencies - flag a service as at risk when something it depends on goes down • Incident Timeline - a chronological feed of every status change, grouped by day • Quiet Hours - silence notifications during a daily window, such as overnight, and optionally pause checks • Resizable Dashboard - drag to resize the panel; it remembers its size • Configurable data retention - choose how long history is kept, see the database size, and clear it anytime Plus refinements and reliability improvements.

Outpost Beacon 1.3 adds an AI script assistant and a new set of monitoring checks. AI SCRIPT ASSISTANT (BETA) • Describe what you want to monitor in plain language and get a starting check script drafted for you • Runs on-device with Apple Intelligence, or connect your own AI server • Generated scripts open in the editor for you to review, edit, and run — nothing is saved or run automatically • Prompt history with one-click rollback NEW MONITORING CHECKS • SSL certificate expiry — get warned before a certificate lapses • DNS resolution — verify records (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS), with the option to query a specific resolver • Domain registration expiry — know before a domain lapses • HTTP header inspection and content-change detection EDITOR IMPROVEMENTS • Code folding for collapsing and expanding blocks • New Multi-Layer Check template for cascading API → HTTP → TCP fallbacks • Save and Run keyboard shortcuts Plus reliability fixes and continued hardening across script execution and network handling.

Version 1.2 brings a smarter script editor and powerful new alerting. Response Time Alerts Set a response-time threshold for any service and get notified the moment it slows down — with consecutive-breach filtering to ignore brief spikes and a built-in cooldown to keep notifications quiet. Webhooks & Automations React to status changes automatically. Trigger a webhook, Slack message, or Discord post when a service goes down, recovers, or gets too slow — with flexible trigger conditions and a Test button to confirm everything works. Internal services with self-signed certificates are supported too. A Smarter Script Editor Writing custom checks is now faster and easier: • Inline validation catches common mistakes as you type, with one-click fixes • Auto-completion for API functions and metadata • Hover any function to see its documentation and an example • A network request log shows every HTTP and TCP call a script makes while you debug Plus the usual round of refinements and reliability improvements.

v1.1 - Editor Polish & Core UX • Launch at Login: start automatically when you log in • Dashboard Pinning: keep the status panel visible while you work • Downtime Duration: see how long a service has been degraded • Custom Service Icons: choose an SF Symbol and color for each service • Self-Signed Certificate Support: monitor internal services with {insecure: true} • Script Editor: comment toggle (⌘/), line operations (delete, duplicate, move), auto-close brackets, word wrap toggle, bracket matching, context menu shortcuts, and a keyboard shortcut reference • Response Time Hover: trace exact values along the latency chart • Duplicate Script: clone existing check scripts with one click • Cmd+W now closes all windows • Bug fixes and stability improvements