Site Patrol
SSL certificate monitoring

Never let a security certificate run out again

When a certificate expires, browsers show a full-page security warning and most visitors leave. We watch every website's certificate for you, at no extra cost.

How it works

Set up in under a minute

1

Add your website

Certificate checks come free with every website you watch. Nothing extra to set up.

2

We look it up daily

Once a day we read the public certificate logs to find when yours runs out and who issued it.

3

Reminders in time

14, 7 and 1 days before a certificate you renew by hand runs out. If it breaks, you hear on the next check.

What we catch

  • Certificates close to running out, with the exact date
  • Self-renewing certificates, such as Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare, that are late renewing
  • Broken certificates: expired, for the wrong address or not trusted
  • Cloudflare's "Invalid SSL certificate" error 526
  • What to do next, in plain words, in every alert
A website's details showing its certificate has 60 days left and renews itself
Questions

Good to know

Do I get reminders for Let's Encrypt certificates?

Only if they're late. Self-renewing certificates normally renew about a month before they run out, so we stay quiet unless the renewal seems to have failed. Then we remind you 7 and 1 days before.

What happens if my certificate breaks?

Visitors would see a security warning instead of your page, so we treat it like the site being down and alert you straight away.

Do I need to install anything?

No. We read the public Certificate Transparency logs and check the connection itself. Nothing goes on your server.

Is it on the free plan?

Yes. Every website you watch includes its certificate checks.

Put Site Patrol on watch

Free for one website, live in under 60 seconds. We start watching the moment you add your URL.

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