ICMP Monitoring

Jul 21, 2026 | by openstatus | [monitoring]

We're excited to announce that ICMP monitoring is now available in openstatus! You can now ping any host — routers, gateways, or bare network endpoints — to track reachability, round-trip latency, and packet loss, even when there's no TCP or HTTP service to check.

Each check sends three echo requests and reports the average latency along with packet loss, so you get an early signal on lossy or degraded links.

Get Started 🚀

To start monitoring a host, add a new monitor and select "ICMP" as your monitor type, then enter the host or IP address you want to ping.