Ferris Pulse
Know when your background jobs stop working
What it does
Most apps don’t fail loudly — they fail silently. FerrisPulse helps you detect when background jobs stop running using simple heartbeats. No dashboards, no complexity. Just instant alerts when something breaks quietly.
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