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Get Third-Party Outage Alerts in Discord with StatusGator

When SaaS tools go down, teams need fast, reliable alerts right where they communicate. Now, with the StatusGator integration for Discord, you can receive real-time third-party outage alerts directly in your server. Whether you’re monitoring the status of AWS, Slack, GitHub, or Google Workspace, StatusGator keeps your team informed instantly when disruptions happen.

September product updates

September was a busy month at StatusGator! We rolled out several major updates designed to give you more visibility, better integrations, and deeper control of your monitoring workflows. From new Early Warning Signal integrations to AWS Health support — plus our biggest API release yet — here’s a quick recap of everything we shipped last month.

September 2025 - Early Warning Signals

In September 2025, StatusGator Early Warning Signals identified dozens of outages across cloud, fintech, and education platforms. Many of these incidents were detected before providers acknowledged them — and in some cases, without any acknowledgment at all. We’ve highlighted several of the most significant outages as featured incidents, followed by a list of additional disruptions reported throughout the month.
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Early Warning Signals now in Webex

We’re happy to announce that Early Warning Signals are now available in Webex! With Webex now supported, Early Warning Signals are available across all chat integrations—including Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Chat, Discord, Webhooks and now Webex—plus email and SMS. No matter where your team communicates, you’ll never miss the early signs of an outage.

Early Warning Signals now in Discord

We’re rolling out Early Warning Signals to yet another place your team works every day: Discord. With this release, nearly all of our chat integrations now deliver Early Warning Signals—bringing you proactive outage alerts no matter where your team collaborates. Already available by email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and webhooks, Early Warning Signals are now live in Discord too—closing the gap and making sure your team is covered wherever you communicate.

August Early Warning Signals: detected before providers

In August, StatusGator’s Early Warning Signals detected hundreds of global service outages before official provider acknowledgments were published. Our alerts notified users early on—often minutes before providers confirmed issues—giving IT teams the critical lead time to respond. Below, we highlight three of the most significant outages we tracked in August, followed by a curated selection of other notable disruptions.