# Heartbeats (Cron monitoring)

See how to monitor scheduled jobs such as database backups and get alerted when they don't run correctly.

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### Related resources
- [Docs: Cron and heartbeat monitor](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/cron-and-heartbeat-monitor/)