Website up: is there a real HTTPS homepage?
Email auth can be green while the site is dark. We crow if HTTPS does not answer like a living homepage.
What CrowWake checks
HTTPS GET to the apex, status code, timing, HTML title when present, and a www probe for comparison. We are looking for “something real answered,” not a full uptime SLA. The free website HTTPS / uptime checker uses the same presence signal with no login. If the apex never resolves, start with the free DNS A checker before chasing hosting. For the plain-English uptime monitoring framing, see the dedicated uptime monitoring guide; website monitoring is the twin under the website-facing name; HTTP status monitoring is the same pulse with the response code front-and-center.
Why it matters
Agencies get “the website is down” tickets first. Pairing site-up with DNS and email auth is the CrowWake flock story: one place to see whether the brand is reachable. Operators hunting uptime monitoring, website monitoring, or HTTP status monitoring usually want that early rooster—not another synthetic SLA suite—see the uptime and HTTP status monitoring guides.
What “good enough” looks like
HTTPS returns a success status with a sensible title. Apex and www either both work or redirect intentionally. CDN and origin stay healthy enough that a lightweight probe from the mesh still sees a page.
Quick triage when it goes dark
1) Run the free website HTTPS / uptime checker and note status + title (or fail). 2) Confirm apex A (or CDN alias) still resolves. 3) Confirm TLS on 443 with the SSL expiry checker. 4) Confirm registration runway with the free domain expiry checker (RDAP). 5) Hit the free performance pulse — if HTTPS never answers, ms will fail loud. 6) Hit HTTP→HTTPS and security headers if browsers complain. 7) Check origin/CDN deploys and cache. 8) Add the domain so CrowWake crows on the next miss instead of waiting for a client email.
If CrowWake crows
Check hosting, CDN, DNS apex, TLS, and recent deploys. If the A record is gone, fix DNS first. Re-run the free website HTTPS / uptime checker after the fix. If the site answers but feels sticky, use the performance guide and free pulse. Deeper performance sampling comes later on paid slots — the site check is the rooster for “is it up?” Full walkthrough: uptime monitoring guide.
Watch this on CrowWake
Add the domain, leave the boxes checked, and the flock will crow when this drifts.
Or try the free Website checker with no login.
Deep dive: Uptime monitoring — presence pulse vs SLA suites, with the same free website HTTPS / uptime checker.
Also: Website monitoring — same pulse under the website-facing name.
Also: HTTP status monitoring — same pulse with the response code front-and-center.