Why You Need a Status Page Before You Need a Status Page

You don’t build fire exits during a fire. So why do so many teams wait until after their first big outage to build a status page? Spoiler: by the time your users are angry, your Slack is exploding, and support is drowning in tickets… it’s already too late. Here’s why you should set up a status page before you need it — and how to do it in under 10 minutes

Apr 28, 2025 - 23:09
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Why You Need a Status Page Before You Need a Status Page

You don’t build fire exits during a fire.

So why do so many teams wait until after their first big outage to build a status page?

Spoiler: by the time your users are angry, your Slack is exploding, and support is drowning in tickets… it’s already too late.

Here’s why you should set up a status page before you need it — and how to do it in under 10 minutes