> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Heartbeat

> API endpoints for heartbeat

Send heartbeat pings for dead man's switch monitoring.

Heartbeat alert sources expect periodic pings. If pings stop arriving, alerts
fire automatically. Use the ping endpoints to signal that your job or service
is still healthy.