Checkmate
Notifications

Testing notifications

Verify your notification setup works.

Every notification type has a Test button on the create/edit form. Use it after saving credentials and before attaching the notification to a monitor.

Run a test

  1. Open Notifications in the sidebar.
  2. Open the notification you want to test (or create a new one).
  3. Click Test. Checkmate sends a fixed test message to the destination.
  4. Confirm the message arrived at the Slack channel, Discord channel, inbox, PagerDuty service, or webhook endpoint.

If the test fails

  • The webhook URL or token is wrong. Paste from the source again.
  • For PagerDuty: check that the routing key is for an Events API v2 integration.
  • For Matrix: the bot account must already be a member of the room.
  • For SMTP email: confirm host, port, and that the From address is allowed by the server.
  • Outbound traffic from the Checkmate server must reach the destination. Check firewall and proxy rules.
  • Review server logs. Providers log "service":"<Provider>Provider" with the error.

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