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About Website Status Checker

Check website availability status from 6+ global locations instantly.

Website Status Checker is a specialized version of the Is It Down tool, focused on status, availability, uptime.

Key Features

  • Multi-region availability check
  • Response time measurement
  • HTTP status codes
  • Redirect detection
  • SSL verification

How Website Status Checker Works

ProbeOps Website Status Checker tests from 6 global locations to provide comprehensive results. When you run a check, our probe nodes in US East (Virginia), US West (Oregon), EU Central (Helsinki), AP South (Mumbai), CA Central (Canada), AP Southeast (Sydney) simultaneously query the target to identify regional differences and ensure global accessibility.

Results are returned in real-time with detailed breakdowns per region, allowing you to identify location-specific issues that might affect your users in different geographic areas.

Common Use Cases

  • Check if a website is down for everyone or just you
  • Monitor uptime from multiple geographic locations
  • Measure response times and TTFB globally
  • Identify regional outages affecting specific users

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API Access

All ProbeOps tools are available via REST API for automation and integration. The Website Status Checker can be called programmatically from your applications, CI/CD pipelines, or monitoring scripts. See our API documentation for integration guides.

Pricing

Website Status Checker is available on all ProbeOps plans including our free tier. Free users get 100 probes per month with access to 2 regions. Paid plans starting at $19/month include unlimited regions and higher limits. See pricing details.

Website Status Checker

Check website availability status from 6+ global locations instantly.

What This Checks
Multi-region availability checkResponse time measurementHTTP status codesRedirect detectionSSL verification

About Is It Down

Instant website availability checker that tests if a site is accessible from multiple global locations. Determine if the problem is you or the website.

Key Features

Multi-region availability check

Response time measurement

HTTP status codes

Redirect detection

SSL verification

Also Available via API & MCP Server

Automate is it down checks in your CI/CD pipelines or run them directly from your AI coding agent.

REST API

Single endpoint, JSON response. Integrate into any language or platform.

cURL

curl -X POST https://probeops.com/api/v1/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tool": "is_it_down", "target": "https://example.com"}'
Learn more about the API

MCP Server

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible IDE.

Claude Code

> Check the is it down for https://example.com

Claude uses the probeops_is_it_down tool to run
the check from 6 global regions and returns
structured results.
Learn more about the MCP Server

Website status checking from multiple global locations helps you answer the critical question: is your site down for everyone, or just you? Instant verification from 6+ regions gives you confidence in your site's availability and helps identify regional outages.

Our multi-region website status checker tests HTTP/HTTPS connectivity, captures response codes, and measures response times from data centers across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. This comprehensive view reveals issues that single-location checks would miss.

For complete website health monitoring, also verify your DNS configuration is correct and your SSL certificates are valid and not expiring soon.

**Methodology:** HTTP GET requests from 6 global probe locations with status code validation, SSL verification, and response time measurement.

Common Errors & How to Fix Them

4 relevant issues

What This Means

The server encountered an unexpected condition. This is a generic error when the server crashes or has a configuration problem.

How to Fix

1) For users: wait and retry—often temporary. 2) For site owners: check server error logs (tail -f /var/log/nginx/error.log), verify file permissions, check .htaccess for syntax errors, test PHP/application code locally.

500internal server errorserver crashserver down

What This Means

The server acting as a gateway received an invalid response from the upstream server. Common with reverse proxies, load balancers, and CDNs.

How to Fix

1) For users: wait 5-10 minutes and retry. 2) For site owners: check if upstream service is running (systemctl status nginx php-fpm). 3) Verify proxy_pass configuration. 4) Check upstream server logs. 5) Increase proxy timeout values if requests are timing out.

502bad gatewayproxy errorupstream

What This Means

The server is temporarily unable to handle the request due to maintenance or overload. Usually temporary.

How to Fix

1) For users: wait and retry—often means scheduled maintenance. 2) For site owners: check server resources (htop, free -m). 3) Scale up if overloaded. 4) Check if maintenance mode is accidentally enabled. 5) Review rate limiting settings.

503service unavailablemaintenanceoverloaded

What This Means

The server didn't respond within the expected time. Could be server overload, network issues, or firewall blocking.

How to Fix

1) Check if server is reachable: ping example.com. 2) Test specific port: nc -vz example.com 443 -w 5. 3) Check from different location (VPN/proxy). 4) For owners: verify firewall allows traffic (ufw status), check server resources, ensure service is running.

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Frequently Asked Questions

4 relevant questions

A website is considered "down" when it cannot be reached or fails to respond to requests. This can mean the server is offline, overloaded, misconfigured, or there's a network issue preventing access. Our tool checks from multiple global locations to determine if the site is down for everyone or just you.

is-it-downbasics

When a website works for others but not you, common causes include: your ISP blocking the site, DNS cache issues on your device, local network problems, or geographic restrictions. Our multi-region checker tests from 6+ locations worldwide to definitively answer whether it's down globally or just for your location.

is-it-downtroubleshooting

A site might be accessible in one region but down in another due to CDN issues, regional server failures, DNS propagation delays, or geographic blocking. Multi-region checking gives you the complete picture. If a site is down in only some regions, it often indicates CDN or load balancer problems rather than a complete outage.

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200 means success—the site is up. 403 means access forbidden (you're blocked). 500 is an internal server error. 502 (Bad Gateway) means the server got an invalid response from an upstream server. 503 (Service Unavailable) means the server is temporarily overloaded or down for maintenance. 504 is a gateway timeout.

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Last updated: January 27, 2026