We recently completed the merger of SrvUp.IO into Link Robins, bringing together the best of both platforms under one roof. This post covers everything that has been built so far, what we're working toward, and most importantly — what you want to see next.
What We've Built So Far
Flarum Uptime Monitoring
The flagship feature of this merger is deep Flarum integration with our uptime monitoring system. When you enable Flarum monitoring on any of your monitors, we shift from pinging your homepage to hitting your /api endpoint directly. This is significantly lighter on your server and gives us access to real forum data instead of just a status code.
Here's what we pull from every Flarum /api response:
- User count — available on installs running the resofire/digest-mail extension
- Discussion count — summed across all tags (approximate, since multi-tag discussions count once per tag)
- Detected extensions — we scan the API response attributes for dot-notation prefixes and build a full list of your active extensions without needing authentication
- Registration status — whether your forum is open or closed to new signups
- Debug mode detection — if debug mode is on, you'll see a prominent red alert immediately
- Tag activity — a breakdown of every tag with its discussion count and last post timestamp
- Last activity tracking — we track the most recent post across all tags and alert you if your forum has gone 7 or more days without any new activity
All of this is displayed on your monitor's overview page in a clean card that matches the rest of the interface.
Smart Request Deduplication
If multiple users are monitoring the same site — say, discuss.flarum.org — we only send one outbound request per check cycle, regardless of how many monitors point there. The result is shared across all of them. This keeps our infrastructure lean and makes us a good citizen toward the communities we monitor.
Response Time Accuracy
Because we ping /api instead of the full page, your response times are now a true reflection of your server's performance rather than Flarum's full render pipeline. For most installs this brings average response times down from 1500–2000ms to under 500ms.
About the SrvUp.IO Domain
The srvup.io domain is not going away permanently. Once the core implementation work is complete and the platform is stable, srvup.io will be restored as a redirect back to Link Robins. We want to make sure everything is solid before we do that — no point redirecting traffic to a half-finished experience.
Our Philosophy on Hosting
We want to be upfront about something: we will never push managed hosting in your face.
Link Robins serves two purposes — enhanced Flarum uptime monitoring for the community, and managed Flarum hosting for those who want a fully handled setup. These two things will coexist harmoniously. If you're here for monitoring, that's exactly what you'll get. You won't be upsold, you won't see hosting banners plastered across your dashboard, and your experience won't be watered down to make hosting look more attractive.
It's worth mentioning that the uptime monitoring infrastructure — the servers, the check cycles, the Flarum-specific features — is funded by our hosting clients. Their subscriptions make it possible for us to offer the monitoring platform to the broader community. We're grateful for that, and we think it's a model that works for everyone.
We're Actively Building
This platform is not in maintenance mode. We are actively developing new features and improvements, and the Flarum community is the primary audience we're building for. If there's something you want to see — a specific metric, an alert type, an integration, anything — we want to hear it.
Drop your suggestions by reaching out directly to karl@linkrobins.com. Every request gets read!
We are also debating on opening a forum just for the uptime experience and anything else to follow, what do you think?
What would you like to see next?
— Karl, Link Robins
Edit: 26 April 2026
Way more new features have been added to the monitoring. For example, you can see your HSTS and Canonical URL status right in the monitor dashboard too!
If there's anything that needs resolved:
If everything is fine and dandy:
