https://guardyak.com/docs/ https://guardyak.com/docs/cancel-a-subscription/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/cancel-a-subscription/media/poster.webpHow to cancel your GuardYak subscriptionYou can cancel from Billing at any time. Paid features stay on until the end of the period you've paid for, then the workspace returns to the free plan.https://guardyak.com/docs/cancel-a-subscription/media/video.mp423 https://guardyak.com/docs/check-security-headers/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/check-security-headers/media/poster.webpHow to check security headers in GuardYakSecurity headers tell browsers to use HTTPS, block content sniffing and limit where scripts can load from. A deploy or CDN change can drop them silently. A security headers check confirms the headers you list are still present on every response.https://guardyak.com/docs/check-security-headers/media/video.mp434 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-a-public-status-page/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-a-public-status-page/media/poster.webpHow to create a public status page in GuardYakDuring an outage, clients want to know you've noticed. A status page shows the live state of the checks you choose at a public link, so they can look it up instead of emailing you.https://guardyak.com/docs/create-a-public-status-page/media/video.mp441 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-a-website-check/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-a-website-check/media/poster.webpHow to create a website check in GuardYakIf a client's site goes down at 2 a.m., you want to hear about it before they do. A website check requests the page on a schedule, records the status code and response time, and emails you when it stops answering.https://guardyak.com/docs/create-a-website-check/media/video.mp444 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-an-api-key/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-an-api-key/media/poster.webpHow to create an API key in GuardYakUse the API to add checks from your deploy scripts or pull status into your own dashboards. Each key belongs to your workspace and can be revoked at any time.https://guardyak.com/docs/create-an-api-key/media/video.mp417 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-an-escalation-policy/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/create-an-escalation-policy/media/poster.webpHow to create an escalation policy in GuardYakIf the first person doesn't respond, the alert should go to someone else. An escalation policy lists who to notify and how many minutes to wait before moving to the next person.https://guardyak.com/docs/create-an-escalation-policy/media/video.mp431 https://guardyak.com/docs/delete-a-check/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/delete-a-check/media/poster.webpHow to delete a check in GuardYakWhen a client leaves or a site is retired, delete its check to free up a slot on your plan. If you might need it again, pause it instead.https://guardyak.com/docs/delete-a-check/media/video.mp417 https://guardyak.com/docs/diagnose-a-failed-check/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/diagnose-a-failed-check/media/poster.webpHow to see why a check failed in GuardYakAn alert tells you something is down; the dashboard tells you what kind of down. GuardYak shows the status code, a plain-English explanation and how long the incident has been open, so you can decide who to call.https://guardyak.com/docs/diagnose-a-failed-check/media/video.mp432 https://guardyak.com/docs/enable-email-sign-in-codes/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/enable-email-sign-in-codes/media/poster.webpHow to turn on email sign-in codes in GuardYakA monitoring account can silence alerts, so protect it with a second step at sign-in. With email codes on, GuardYak emails a one-time code each time you sign in.https://guardyak.com/docs/enable-email-sign-in-codes/media/video.mp418 https://guardyak.com/docs/export-broken-links/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/export-broken-links/media/poster.webpHow to export broken links in GuardYakHand the fix list to whoever maintains the site. Export the broken links as a CSV with the page each one was found on.https://guardyak.com/docs/export-broken-links/media/video.mp418 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-blocklist-listing/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-blocklist-listing/media/poster.webpHow to monitor spam blocklists in GuardYakIf your mail server's IP address or domain lands on a spam blocklist, your email starts going to junk folders. A blocklist check looks the address up on the common DNS blocklists and alerts you as soon as it is listed.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-blocklist-listing/media/video.mp437 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-cron-job-with-a-heartbeat/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-cron-job-with-a-heartbeat/media/poster.webpHow to monitor a cron job with a heartbeat in GuardYakBackups and scheduled jobs fail silently: nothing crashes, the job just doesn't run. A heartbeat check gives the job a URL to request every time it finishes, and alerts you when a request doesn't arrive on schedule.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-cron-job-with-a-heartbeat/media/video.mp444 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-site-for-broken-links/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-site-for-broken-links/media/poster.webpHow to monitor a site for broken links in GuardYakBroken links frustrate visitors and hurt search rankings, and nobody notices them until a client does. The link checker crawls a site on a schedule and lists every link that fails.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-site-for-broken-links/media/video.mp430 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-tcp-port/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-tcp-port/media/poster.webpHow to monitor a TCP port in GuardYakNot everything you run answers on a web page. A TCP port check opens a connection to a host and port, such as a database, game server or VPN, and alerts you when it stops accepting connections.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-a-tcp-port/media/video.mp438 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-api-endpoint/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-api-endpoint/media/poster.webpHow to monitor an API endpoint in GuardYakAn API can return 200 OK while sending back an error. An API check sends the request you define, with headers and a body if needed, and checks a value in the JSON response, so you hear about an unhealthy service and not only a dead one.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-api-endpoint/media/video.mp437 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-email-server/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-email-server/media/poster.webpHow to monitor an email server in GuardYakWhen a mail server stops answering, messages queue up or bounce and nobody notices until a customer complains. An SMTP check connects to the server on its mail port and confirms it greets you like a working mail server should.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-email-server/media/video.mp437 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-ssl-certificate/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-ssl-certificate/media/poster.webpHow to monitor an SSL certificate in GuardYakAn expired certificate puts a full-page security warning in front of every visitor. An SSL check looks at the certificate a site presents, confirms it is trusted and matches the hostname, and warns you weeks before it expires.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-an-ssl-certificate/media/video.mp439 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-core-web-vitals/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-core-web-vitals/media/poster.webpHow to monitor Core Web Vitals in GuardYakA slow page loses visitors and search ranking long before it goes down. A Core Web Vitals check runs a Lighthouse test through Google PageSpeed and alerts you when the performance score or Largest Contentful Paint gets worse than your limit.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-core-web-vitals/media/video.mp442 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-dns-records/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-dns-records/media/poster.webpHow to monitor DNS records in GuardYakA changed or missing DNS record can take a site or its email offline without anything else looking wrong. A DNS check resolves a hostname on a schedule and alerts you when the record disappears or stops matching the value you expect.https://guardyak.com/docs/monitor-dns-records/media/video.mp438 https://guardyak.com/docs/pause-and-resume-a-check/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/pause-and-resume-a-check/media/poster.webpHow to pause and resume a check in GuardYakTaking a site offline on purpose? Pause its check so nobody gets paged, then resume it when you're done. The check and its history are kept.https://guardyak.com/docs/pause-and-resume-a-check/media/video.mp417 https://guardyak.com/docs/rename-your-workspace/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/rename-your-workspace/media/poster.webpHow to rename your workspace in GuardYakYour workspace name appears in alerts and invites. Make it your company name so clients and teammates recognise it.https://guardyak.com/docs/rename-your-workspace/media/video.mp412 https://guardyak.com/docs/review-uptime-history/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/review-uptime-history/media/poster.webpHow to review uptime history in GuardYakClients ask how reliable their site has been. Reports shows each check's uptime percentage and a day-by-day history, so you can answer with numbers and spot patterns such as outages that keep recurring.https://guardyak.com/docs/review-uptime-history/media/video.mp435 https://guardyak.com/docs/run-a-check-now/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/run-a-check-now/media/poster.webpHow to run a check now in GuardYakJust shipped a fix or restarted a server? Run the check immediately instead of waiting for the next scheduled run.https://guardyak.com/docs/run-a-check-now/media/video.mp415 https://guardyak.com/docs/schedule-a-maintenance-window/2026-10-26 https://guardyak.com/docs/schedule-a-maintenance-window/media/poster.webpHow to schedule a maintenance window in GuardYakPlanned work shouldn't page anyone. A maintenance window silences alerts for the checks you choose between a start and end time, then monitoring carries on as normal.https://guardyak.com/docs/schedule-a-maintenance-window/media/video.mp436 https://guardyak.com/docs/track-domain-expiry/2026-11-03 https://guardyak.com/docs/track-domain-expiry/media/poster.webpHow to track domain expiry in GuardYakIf a domain registration lapses, the website and email stop working, and someone else can register the name. A domain expiry check reads the registration date from WHOIS and reminds you while there's still time to renew.https://guardyak.com/docs/track-domain-expiry/media/video.mp435