Bot Stats: Is Your Bot Alive?

A bot that stays silent is worse than no bot: customers write, nothing comes back, and you learn about it from angry messages. Bot Stats describes itself as a quick status monitor for Telegram bots, meaning it helps you check that everything is fine with them.

The project has its own chat and a news channel to visit for details.

Why watch a bot's status

A bot can stop answering for a dozen reasons: a server went down, hosting ran out, a token changed, a service got stuck in a queue. The owner should hear about it first, not the users.

A status monitor saves time. Instead of manual checks, you get a picture of all the bots you care about at once.

Where to begin

1. Open Bot Stats and press /start.
2. Read the bot's hints: it explains how to add the bots you want to watch.
3. Visit the project chat if you need explanations or want to suggest an idea.
4. Follow the news channel so changes do not slip by.

The bot lists no commands for now, so most of the work happens through messages and buttons in the dialog.

What a monitor usually checks

As a rule, services like this check whether a bot responds at all and how long it takes. A slow bot can irritate people as much as a dead one.

• Availability. Does the bot answer simple requests?
• Speed. How many seconds pass before a reply?
• Stability. How often does the bot drop out in a week?
• Alerts. How fast do you hear about a problem?

If your bot stopped answering

Check the simple things first: is the server running, did the hosting payment lapse, was the token changed with BotFather. Then look at the error log.

If the trouble is on Telegram's side, thousands of bots go quiet at once during outages. In that case wait it out and do not panic. 🔧

What to know about trust

If a service asks you to add a bot or a token, hand over only what the check needs. A token gives full control over a bot, so never post it in open chats. Ask in the project chat which data is really required.

If you suspect a token has leaked, reissue it at once through BotFather.

Who it suits

Bot owners and developers who watch service availability, and anyone who likes to keep a finger on the pulse. With one small bot, a manual check once a day is enough.

With several bots and customers who expect fast replies, a monitor helps you spot a problem before the complaints do.