How to detect website outages that basic ping monitoring fails to catch

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1. Velprove opens real browsers to test your site like actual users do, catching problems that simple ping tests miss when servers return false positive responses
2. It performs complete user login flows to detect authentication failures, broken sign-in pages, and session issues that basic uptime checks can't identify
3. The service runs multi-step transaction monitoring to catch failed shopping carts, broken payment flows, and form submission problems before customers hit them
4. It spots "empty 200" responses where your server says everything is fine but users see blank pages, error messages, or broken functionality
5. Velprove tests from 5 different global locations using real browsers, so you'll know about regional outages and rendering issues that affect specific user groups

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