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Is there a way for us to get notified about status health of a connection? We recently had an incident where a customer successfully connected to an MCP, but then a few days later the connection was unhealthy. Is there a way we can get notified about that?
Currently, the provided Pipedream documentation does not mention a built-in feature for automatic notifications regarding the health or status changes of MCP (Model Context Protocol) connections. While Pipedream handles secure credential storage and manages account connections, there is no explicit reference to webhook notifications, alerts, or automated monitoring for when a connection becomes unhealthy after initial authorization. What you can do: - Manual Monitoring: You may need to implement your own monitoring by periodically testing the connection status via API calls or workflow executions, and then triggering notifications if a failure is detected. - Feature Request: If this is a critical need, consider submitting a feature request to Pipedream so they can consider adding native support for connection health notifications. If you need more direct support or want to discuss your specific use case, please visit Pipedream for more support options. If you have more details about your workflow or integration, I can help suggest a custom monitoring approach using Pipedream workflows. Let me know if you’d like guidance on that!
We don’t proactively notify Connect developers when account connections for their end users become unhealthy, but it’s something we’ve discussed. Do you have an ideal implementation for how you’d like to receive that notification?
Also, the Pipedream MCP server should actually handle some of that for you — before we execute any tool call, we check the health of the connected account, and if it’s unhealthy or dead, we return a new URL to connect their account again. And you can always introspect the health of a connected account: Retrieve account - Pipedream
How Can We Receive Notifications Regarding the Health Status of a Connection?