Summary
When working with Synthetic Monitoring, you may encounter locations marked as Early Adopter. These locations are newly introduced and still undergoing stabilization. While we do not expect issues, there is a possibility that we may need to remove an Early Adopter location if instabilities occur.
Early Adopter Locations
- These are recently added locations that may still experience changes.
- If we detect critical issues, we may need to remove the location.
- In such cases, we evaluate the best approach case by case:
- We might automatically shift existing monitors to the nearest available location, or
- We may announce the removal and require customers to recreate their monitors.
- There is no universal rule for how Early Adopter locations are handled.
GA (Generally Available) Locations
GA locations follow a more predictable and stable policy:
- If a GA location is removed, monitors are always automatically migrated to the nearest suitable location.
- This ensures continuity without requiring customer action.
Note: It's rare for GA locations to be removed, but it does occasionally happen. Previously, this has been due to reasons beyond our control, such as a data centre being closed by the cloud provider.
What's Next
If you have questions about a specific location or monitor behavior, you can ask on the in-product chat or open a Support ticket.
Recommended reading
📖 Public Synthetic locations
📖 Synthetic locations API v1
📖 Synthetic Monitoring
