# NewMeet PingPage — status pages for your users

February was a big month for HookWatch. We shipped the Sandbox, overhauled the CLI, added cron job scheduling, and made dozens of improvements across the platform. Here's the full rundown.

## Webhook Sandbox

The headline feature this month. The Sandbox lets you send test webhooks, track delivery in real-time, and inspect responses — all from your browser.

- **Request builder** with method, headers, and body editor
- **Pre-built templates** for Stripe, GitHub, Shopify, and Slack
- **Event Timeline** showing each delivery stage as it happens
- **Signature tester** for validating HMAC implementations
- **Quick test mode** with a built-in echo endpoint

No more curl scripts and log digging. Test your handlers in seconds.

## Cron Job Scheduling

HookWatch now supports scheduled webhooks. Define cron expressions and HookWatch will fire webhooks on your schedule — useful for health checks, periodic syncs, and recurring notifications.

- **Standard cron syntax** with a visual schedule preview
- **Cloud + local execution** — run jobs from HookWatch cloud or your own machine via the CLI
- **Execution history** with status tracking (pending, running, success, failed, timeout)
- **Run Now** button for on-demand triggering

### Bash

```
# Create a scheduled job
hookwatch cron create \
  --name "Health Check" \
  --schedule "*/5 * * * *" \
  --command "curl -s https://api.myapp.com/health"

# Run the cron executor locally
hookwatch cron service
```

## CLI Overhaul: Pure gRPC

We removed the REST API client from the CLI entirely. All communication now goes through gRPC, which means:

- **Faster commands** — gRPC binary protocol vs JSON over HTTP
- **Streaming support** — real-time log tailing and event watching
- **Simpler auth flow** — login via gRPC, auto-create API key, done

The CLI still works exactly the same from a user perspective. The change is under the hood but makes everything snappier.

## Improved Response Viewer

The Event Timeline now renders response bodies as formatted, syntax-highlighted JSON instead of raw text. When you're debugging a webhook at 2am, the difference between a wall of text and properly indented JSON is everything.

- **Syntax highlighting** — keys, strings, numbers, booleans all color-coded
- **Auto-formatting** — JSON is parsed and indented automatically
- **Scrollable container** — large responses stay contained
- **Plain text fallback** — non-JSON responses display cleanly

## Real-Time WebSocket Updates

Events across the dashboard now update in real-time via WebSocket connections. When a webhook is delivered, retried, or fails, you see it immediately — no manual refresh needed.

This applies to:

- Event detail pages
- Endpoint event lists
- The Sandbox timeline
- Cron job execution status

## Alert Notifications

Configure alerts for webhook failures across multiple channels:

- **Slack** — messages to any channel
- **Discord** — webhook-based notifications
- **Email** — digest or per-event alerts
- **Telegram** — bot notifications

Set thresholds so you're alerted when failure rates spike, not on every transient glitch.

## What's Next

March is focused on team collaboration and multi-tenant support. We're building:

- **Team workspaces** with shared endpoints and events
- **Role-based access** for team members
- **Audit logs** for compliance
- **Usage dashboards** for monitoring webhook volume

Stay tuned. Follow us on Twitter for updates or check back on the blog.

Tags: product-update, changelog, sandbox, cron, cli