Stack Health Score
Score = 30-day uptime − penaltiesLatency >500ms: −2 | >1000ms: −5
Outages this month: −2 each
Degradations this month: −1 each
Uptime · Latency · Incidents
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99.98%
UptimePercentage of time the API was available.
Only DOWN status impacts this metric.
389ms
Avg Latency
1,000+
APIs monitored
0
Outages
1
Degradations
This Month
About api.data.gov's api.data.gov
api.data.gov's api.data.gov provides a shared gateway and access to US federal agency APIs. api.data.gov is an API management service operated by the US government. The api.data.gov is used by developers worldwide for API gateway, government APIs, API keys, federal data access.
Probecast monitors the api.data.gov from 4 global regions (US West, US East, Europe, Asia Pacific) every 300 minutes, tracking uptime, latency and regional availability. Our real-time monitoring helps developers and teams understand the current health of api.data.gov's api.data.gov and get alerted the moment service degrades.
Why monitor api.data.gov?
If your product depends on api.data.gov for critical features, an outage on api.data.gov's side is an outage on your product. Probecast detects api.data.gov incidents before your users do, giving you time to communicate with customers, fall back to alternative services or pause background jobs gracefully.
Current status
As of the latest check, api.data.gov is operational. The 30-day uptime is 99.98%, with 1 incident recorded this month. Average response latency across all regions is 389ms.
●Uptime History
Regional Status
US West
102ms
latency
US East
121ms
latency
Europe
588ms
latency
Asia Pacific
744ms
latency
Latency (24h)
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Monitored Endpoint
https://api.data.gov/ed/collegescorecard/v1/schools