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Monitoring

Health Scores

Understand the 0–100 stability rating for every API.

Every API you monitor gets a health score — a 0–100 rating that reflects its stability over time.

How scores are calculated

Health scores are based on:

  • Change frequency — APIs that change constantly score lower
  • Severity distribution — breaking changes weigh heavily, cosmetic changes don't
  • Recency — recent changes matter more than old ones
  • Consistency — erratic update patterns score lower than predictable ones

Scores are updated daily after each scan cycle.

Reading the score

ScoreRatingWhat it means
80–100StableFew changes, mostly non-breaking. Safe to depend on.
60–79ModerateRegular changes but mostly manageable. Stay alert.
Below 60VolatileFrequent or breaking changes. High maintenance risk.

Using scores

Health scores help you:

  • Prioritize monitoring — focus attention on volatile APIs
  • Assess risk — before adopting a new API dependency, check its health score
  • Spot trends — a declining score may signal an upcoming major version or deprecation cycle

Dashboard view

The dashboard shows health scores in two places:

  1. Stat cards — the average health score across all your monitored APIs
  2. API Health panel — individual scores for each API with a status indicator

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