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title: Import your monitors from Instatus
description: Moving off Instatus should not mean retyping every monitor from every status page. Connect with your Instatus API key and the monitors from all the status…
canonical: https://watchfor.io/changelog/2026-07-24-instatus-import
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[All updates](/changelog/page/7#2026-07-24-instatus-import) ✨ New Jul 24, 2026 · v 4.5.9

# Import your monitors from Instatus

Moving off Instatus should not mean retyping every monitor from every status page. Connect with your Instatus API key and the monitors from all the status pages in your Instatus workspace come over in one go — HTTP with headers, auth and status-code assertions, ping, TCP, UDP and DNS checks — with paused state and intervals preserved.

## Where to find the credentials

In Instatus, open instatus.com/app/developer and copy your API key. Instatus keys give full access to your account. The import only reads your monitors, and regenerating the key once you are done is a good habit.

## How the import works

- Open Monitors → Import and pick the tool you are leaving.

- Paste the credentials. The dialog shows where to find them in that tool.

- Review the preview. Each monitor shows its WatchFor type, target and interval, with a note when something needs a second look, such as an interval raised to your plan's minimum or a rule that could not be carried over. Monitors that cannot be imported are listed with the reason.

- Untick what you don't want, choose which notification group gets the alerts, and import.

Imported monitors get a tag with the tool's name, so you can filter the whole batch later. Owners and admins can import.

## What to check afterwards

Assertions that have no WatchFor equivalent are named in the preview, so you know which ones to recreate as alert rules. Cron monitors are listed as not imported; recreate them as a [heartbeat monitor](/docs/monitors/heartbeat) and point the job at its new ping URL.

The full flow, with screenshots, is in the [UptimeRobot import entry](/changelog/2026-07-23-uptimerobot-import). The [monitors guide](/docs/monitors#creating-a-monitor) covers import and the other ways to create monitors.

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