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Overview

Receive push notifications on your phone through the Watchman Tower mobile app. Push is included in every plan.

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Getting Started

Download the App

Install Watchman Tower from the App Store or Google Play

Sign In

Log in with your Watchman Tower account

Enable Notifications

Allow notifications when prompted by your device

Configure Per Monitor

In the web app, go to a monitor’s detail page → “Notifications” tab → turn on “Push”
Push is enabled by default for new monitors. Channels are managed in the web app; the mobile app has no notification settings screen.

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What You’ll Receive

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Incident Opened

🚨 example.com Availability incident opened
[CRITICAL] Site availability is impacted by DNS resolution failures. Cause: DNS resolution failed

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Incident Reopened

Sent when a site fails again shortly after recovering: 
🚨 example.com Availability incident reopened
[CRITICAL] Down again. ...

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Incident Resolved

✅ example.com Availability incident resolved
Recovered in 12m. ...

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Reminders and Notices

  • SSL expiry reminders: 30, 14, 7, 3, and 1 day before the certificate expires, and on the day it expires
  • Domain expiry reminders: 30, 14, 7, 3, and 1 day before the registration expires, and once after it expires
  • Condition notices: for example when a site starts or stops being treated as having frequent short outages
  • Server alerts: when a server alert you defined fires
Tapping a notification opens the affected site in the app.

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One Device per Account

Push notifications go to the device that most recently signed in to your account. Signing in on a second device moves push delivery to that device.

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Limits

Push counts toward your plan’s notification limits. Critical availability incidents are exempt from the limits, up to five per site per channel per day.

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Troubleshooting

Check these:
  1. Notification permission is granted to the app in your device settings
  2. You are signed in to the app on this device
  3. Push is enabled for the alert type on that monitor
  4. You have not signed in on another device since (push follows the latest device)
  5. Do Not Disturb or Focus mode is off
Common causes:
  • Low Power Mode enabled (iOS)
  • Battery optimization blocking the app (Android)
  • Poor network connection

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Next Steps

Download iOS App

Get Watchman Tower for iPhone

Download Android App

Get Watchman Tower for Android

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