--- title: Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks | daily.dev description: Amazon EC2 now offers application status checks, a new monitoring feature that detects application-level issues on EC2 instances such as a stopped web server,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks-iulidsohk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks | daily.dev og:description: Amazon EC2 now offers application status checks, a new monitoring feature that detects application-level issues on EC2 instances such as a stopped web server,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks-iulidsohk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IulIDSoHk.png og:image:alt: Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon EC2 now offers application status checks, a new monitoring feature that detects application-level issues on EC2 instances such as a stopped web server, a non-running Docker daemon, incorrect networking configurations, or a failed network interface. Customers configure checks by specifying protocol, port, path, and expected healthy response codes, then associate them with instances via instance ID or tag. EC2 polls the endpoint every 60 seconds and reports health status. Auto Scaling groups can act on these checks, automatically replacing unhealthy instances. The feature is available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is an EC2 application status check and how does it differ from existing EC2 status checks? It is a new EC2 status check that monitors application-level health rather than just instance or system reachability, detecting issues like a stopped web server, a non-running Docker daemon, misconfigured networking, or a network interface that stopped passing traffic. Customers specify a protocol, port, path, and healthy response codes; EC2 sends HTTP or HTTPS requests every 60 seconds and reports status alongside existing instance and system checks. _Teams wiring up EC2 health checks can track AWS infrastructure changes like this on daily.dev._ ### Can Auto Scaling groups automatically replace EC2 instances based on application health? Yes, Auto Scaling groups can act on application status checks, initiating recovery by replacing instances when their applications report unhealthy. This extends existing Auto Scaling recovery behavior, which previously relied only on instance and system status checks, to also cover application-level failures like a stalled web server or broken networking. _Anyone tuning auto scaling recovery logic can follow EC2 updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Which AWS regions support EC2 application status checks? Application status checks are available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Customers associate the check with instances by instance ID or tag and can review configuration and pricing details in the Amazon EC2 User Guide. _Engineers planning regional rollouts can keep up with AWS service availability changes on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Amazon ECS now automatically detects and repairs container instances with impaired agent connectivity](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ecs-now-automatically-detects-and-repairs-container-instances-with-impaired-agent-connectivit-g0mb41ppe) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon CloudWatch introduces organization-wide EC2 detailed monitoring enablement](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-cloudwatch-introduces-organization-wide-ec2-detailed-monitoring-enablement-9ouq5gtr6) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Introduces ECS Managed Instances for Containerized Applications](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-introduces-ecs-managed-instances-for-containerized-applications-ghv8uh9mb) · InfoQ · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Request-Based Autoscaling Is Now Generally Available on App Platform](https://daily.dev/posts/request-based-autoscaling-is-now-generally-available-on-app-platform-f7d3wy6qr) · DigitalOcean · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How when AWS was down, we were not](https://daily.dev/posts/how-when-aws-was-down-we-were-not-2z7ljw5ij) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#monitoring](https://daily.dev/tags/monitoring) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks-iulidsohk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks-iulidsohk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks-iulidsohk"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T20:05:30.289Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:09:09.740Z","description":"Amazon EC2 now offers application status checks, a new monitoring feature that detects application-level issues on EC2 instances such as a stopped web server,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2d99c2aecc14a73a5cba88addc902c88?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2d99c2aecc14a73a5cba88addc902c88?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"AWS","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AWS","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/aws","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks-iulidsohk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,monitoring","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AWS","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks-iulidsohk#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is an EC2 application status check and how does it differ from existing EC2 status checks?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It is a new EC2 status check that monitors application-level health rather than just instance or system reachability, detecting issues like a stopped web server, a non-running Docker daemon, misconfigured networking, or a network interface that stopped passing traffic. 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