Cache Warming
Keep a cold cache from ever being the reason the first visitor after a deploy waits.
A cache-warming monitor hits a URL on a schedule purely to keep it warm in a CDN or reverse-proxy cache. No up/down status, outage handling, or response-time graph to configure - just a URL, an interval, and an optional slow-response alert for when the warming request itself starts taking too long.
How it works
- Add a cache-warming monitor for a URL that benefits from staying cached - a heavy landing page, a report endpoint, anything expensive to regenerate.
- Kawze requests it on the interval you set, the same way a real visitor would, keeping the cached response fresh.
- An optional threshold alert flags a response that came back slower than expected, in case the warming request itself starts failing to do its job.
- Want the full response-time trend charted over time instead? That is the dedicated Response Time monitor type's job.
Why it matters
- Stops the first real visitor after a deploy or cache expiry from being the one who pays for a cold cache.
- No outage/notification bookkeeping to configure - it is opt-in, only if you want a slow-response alert.
Frequently asked questions
How is cache warming different from a response time monitor?
They run the same lightweight check under the hood, but cache warming only surfaces a slow-response alert, not a full response-time graph - use cache warming for a URL you want kept warm; use a response time monitor if you want to track its response time over time.
Does a cache-warming monitor affect my uptime percentage?
No - like the dedicated response time monitor type, it has no up/down status of its own, so it never opens an outage or affects uptime reporting.
Can I get alerted if the cache-warming request itself is slow?
Yes - set an optional response-time threshold and Kawze will alert you if a warming request crosses it, separate from any real monitor's down/up state.
This capability lives on Kawze's cache-warming monitor - see that page for the full feature list and pricing for that uptime monitor type.