Add or edit service descriptions

Add or edit service descriptions

You can add or edit a monitor’s description to provide extra context for your team. This description appears as a tooltip when hovering over the monitor name in your Monitors list.

Why use descriptions

Descriptions are helpful for adding internal notes, such as:

• Clarifying what part of the service is critical for your operations (e.g., "Used only for payment gateway API").
• Specifying internal ownership (e.g., "Maintained by DevOps team – contact Alex for issues").
• Highlighting dependencies (e.g., "Relies on SSO integration with Okta").

Add or edit a description

1. Go to the Monitors page.
2. Find the monitor you want to update and click the three-dot menu.
3. Select Configure.
4. Under Description, enter or update the note you want displayed as a tooltip.
5. Click Save.

The updated description will now appear when you hover over the service name in the Monitors list.