You Can Now Control Exactly What Your Status Page Shows
The problem
We got feedback from a user who said something like "I only need users to know my website status. They don't need to see db or api status or past incidents." They actually attached a screenshot with half the page crossed out in red.
Fair point. If you're running a SaaS and you have 5 components, your users probably care about 1 or 2 of them. They don't need to know about your database replication status or your background job runner.
What we built
Three controls, all in one settings panel.
Hide components from the public page
Every component now has a visibility toggle. Turn it off and it disappears from your public status page. Your visitors see a clean list with just the components that matter to them.
The important thing: hidden components still affect the overall status banner at the top. If your hidden database goes down, the banner will still show there's an issue. We're not going to let your status page lie to people. It just won't spell out which component is causing it.
You can toggle visibility from two places. The eye icon on the overview page for quick changes, or the settings page for a more deliberate setup.
Control incident history
By default we show the last 7 days of resolved incidents. Now you can change that to 3, 14, or 30 days. Or turn it off completely if you want a cleaner page.
Hide the subscribe box
Some people don't want visitors subscribing to email updates. Maybe you handle notifications through Slack or Discord instead. Now you can turn the "Get notified" box off.
The live preview
This is honestly the part we're most happy with. When you open the display settings, there's a live preview of your actual status page right next to the controls. Toggle a component off and it disappears from the preview immediately. No saving required to see the effect.
It's an iframe of your real status page, scaled down to fit. You can scroll it. And when you save, it reloads to show the final result.
Defaults
Everything defaults to "show." Existing status pages look exactly the same as before. You only see changes when you explicitly turn something off.
All of this works on the free plan too.
If you've been wanting more control over your public status page, give it a try. Takes about 30 seconds to set up.