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Not OP, https://healthchecks.io is great for monitoring automated tasks like backup scripts. Also has the option to immediately signal failure and send an alert: https://healthchecks.io/docs/signaling_failures/

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That's what I use for cron-type things. Experience has been great. I also run it as a watchdog in my alertmanager container, so I am alerted if the alerts are broken.

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