Notify Relay Operator if Relay is Down [Feature Request]

[alltheseas]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
As relay operator, I may not have an easy to way to be notified when my relay goes down.

Describe the solution you'd like

User Story

As a relay operator who is managing my relay in a competitive environment and wants to minimize downtime, I want to receive immediate notifications when my relay goes down, so that I can investigate, take action, and restore my relay.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Relay operator can opt in to receive notification if nostr.watch detects relay is down
2. If relay operator opts in, they must provide their npub
3. Notification sent via DM to relay operator npub over nostr

Describe alternatives you've considered
A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

Additional context
-is this an API call/a webhook?
-is it an email, or npub note? npub DM
-how does relay operator opt in
-future: would it make sense to charge for this service? how might nostr.watch charge for this service?

[dskvr]

A private message on nostr makes sense.

[alltheseas]

Agree

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[dskvr]

There could be a free version that checks (and therefor notifies) less frequently, and a paid option, that checks/notifies within a minute or so.

[dskvr]

Additionally, paid version could have other notification options:

1. High ping notification
2. NIP-11 modification notification
3. payments_url 404 notification
   etc.."

[alltheseas]

NIP-11 modification notification

Why should the owner (or manager) of the relay be operated to NIP-11 modification? I am assuming they are the only ones to make NIP-11 changes, and would therefore know about these changes.

High ping notification
payments_url 404 notification

These are great adds

[dskvr]

Why should the owner (or manager) of the relay be operated to NIP-11 modification? I am assuming they are the only ones to make NIP-11 changes, and would therefore know about these changes.

Security. "Wait, I didn't change my NIP-11..."

[alltheseas]

Great idea. Job to be done is watching for, and sending notification in case changes were made to relay. I imagine there are more changes possible than just NIP-11?

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On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 6:16 AM, Sandwich - notifications at github.com ***@***.***> wrote: > Why should the owner (or manager) of the relay be operated to NIP-11 modification? I am assuming they are the only ones to make NIP-11 changes, and would therefore know about these changes. Security. "Wait, I didn't change my NIP-11...".

[dskvr]

Yes, there could be server configuration changes, DNS changes, etc, but there are already services that do this, and most sysadmins will have server and network monitoring tools.

There could also be spikes in events, either positive or negative. Presently not tracking number of events/users on relays, but that will change.

[alltheseas]

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