Status Pages Aren’t Just for Outages – Here’s 5 Other Use Cases You’re Missing

Most people think status pages are just for saying:

"Hey, we’re down. Sorry."

But there’s so much more you can do with them — if you set them up right.

Here are 5 creative (and powerful) ways to use your status page that go way beyond outage alerts 👇

1. 📅 Scheduled Maintenance Announcements

Your team’s about to roll out a migration at 2AM UTC.

Instead of emailing 500 users — just log it on your status page.

Clear. Central. Predictable.

Bonus: Many tools (like Garmingo Status) let you pre-schedule maintenance so it shows up before it happens.

2. 🚀 Release Notes & Feature Rollouts

Use your status page to highlight new features and notify users of changes — in a place they already trust for updates.

Think:

“Deploying v2.1 – adds support for dark mode + improves uptime tracking.”

Instant communication. No newsletter needed.

3. 🔒 Security Incident Transparency

If there’s a vulnerability, users want info — fast.

You don’t always need a full PR post, but logging the incident + status updatesshows you’re on it.

Trust = communication.

4. 🧪 Internal Status Pages for Teams

Not everything needs to be public.

Use internal-only status pages to:

• Keep CX teams in the loop

• Let sales check system health live

• Track sandbox/test/staging environments

Garmingo supports both public + private views by default.

5. ✅ SLA & Compliance Reporting

If you’re B2B, clients will ask:

“How often are you actually up?”

You can point them to your status page —

with uptime metrics, SLA targets, and monthly PDF reports.

That’s trust you can screenshot.

💡 TL;DR

A good status page is more than a downtime apology.

It’s a communication hub.

A trust signal.

A customer service boost.

A silent team member.

And yeah — it still handles downtime, too.

🎁 Want One That Does All This?

Check out Garmingo Status — all-in-one monitoring + customizable status pages.

✔️ Schedule maintenance

✔️ Log incidents

✔️ Add updates manually

✔️ Enable public or internal view

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👉 https://garmingo.com/status#free-demo

Got creative uses for your own status page? Drop them in the comments 👇