---
name: "uptime_update_monitor"
area: "uptime"
title: "Change a monitor"
price: "$0.001"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/uptime_update_monitor"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/uptime"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/uptime/uptime_update_monitor"
---

# Change a monitor (`uptime_update_monitor`)

Changes what a monitor checks, how often and who is told, or pauses and resumes it.

Change what a monitor checks, how often, who is told, or pause and resume it. Give only what changes.

Price: $0.001 a call. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

A page moved, alerts go to the wrong place, or a site is down for planned work.

## Say this to your agent

> We're moving the shop to a new server tonight. Pause the shop monitor until I say so.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `monitor_id` | integer | yes | The monitor_id uptime_add_monitor returned. At least 1. |  |  |
| `name` | string | no | e.g. "Online shop". 1 to 80 characters. |  |  |
| `url` | string | no | The https:// page to check. 8 to 2,000 characters, matches ^https://. |  |  |
| `interval_minutes` | integer | no |  | `1`, `5`, `15`, `60` |  |
| `expect_text` | string | no | Text the page must contain to count as up, e.g. "Add to cart". Up to 200 characters. |  |  |
| `notify_channels` | array of strings | no | Notification channels (notify_add_channel) to alert. Up to 10 items. |  |  |
| `email_alerts` | boolean | no | Also email the owner. |  |  |
| `public` | boolean | no | Show it on the status page. |  |  |
| `paused` | boolean | no |  |  |  |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `uptime_update_monitor` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/uptime` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "monitor_id": 4104,
  "paused": true
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/uptime_update_monitor \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"monitor_id": 4104, "paused": true}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "uptime_update_monitor",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.001",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "monitor": {
      "monitor_id": 4104,
      "name": "Online shop",
      "url": "https://shop.halversoncycle.example",
      "status": "paused",
      "interval_minutes": 5,
      "expect_text": "Add to cart",
      "public": true,
      "notify_channels": [
        "ops-alerts"
      ],
      "email_alerts": true,
      "last_checked_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
      "last_change_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
      "last_status_code": 200,
      "last_response_ms": 182,
      "last_error": null,
      "certificate_expires_at": null,
      "uptime_24h": 100.0,
      "uptime_30d": 100.0
    }
  }
}
```

`result`: monitor: the monitor as it now is.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No monitor of the business has that monitor_id. | Find it with uptime_list_monitors. |
| `not_found` | 404 | A notification channel named is not saved. | Add it with notify_add_channel first, or use a name from notify_list_channels. |
| `rent_lapsed` | 409 | The monitor's monthly rent lapsed while it was paused. | Remove it and add it again. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [uptime_add_monitor](https://conecto.chat/tools/uptime/uptime_add_monitor.md): Watches a page every 1, 5, 15 or 60 minutes; two failed checks in a row turn it down and alert the owner and the channels named. $0.50 a call.
- [uptime_list_monitors](https://conecto.chat/tools/uptime/uptime_list_monitors.md): Every watched page: up, down or paused, its last check, and uptime over 24 hours and 30 days. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [uptime_get_monitor](https://conecto.chat/tools/uptime/uptime_get_monitor.md): One watched page in full: 90 days of uptime, its average response time, the certificate's expiry and its incidents. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [uptime_remove_monitor](https://conecto.chat/tools/uptime/uptime_remove_monitor.md): Stops watching a page and ends its monthly rent; its history goes with it. Free.
- [uptime_setup_status_page](https://conecto.chat/tools/uptime/uptime_setup_status_page.md): A public status page at cncto.co/s/<name>: every public monitor, up or down now, 90 days of uptime and recent incidents. $0.001 a call.