Sometimes you’re setting up a new monitor that requires some testing and tweaking before it’s ready to run in production. For example, you may be working on a Multi-step API monitor with multiple HTTPS calls, content checks and variables. Stabilizing that kind of setup just takes a while before it’s complete and ready for action.
Working on these monitors (perhaps you would even like to work on several, separate versions) would be easier if you could have draft versions in your account that don’t take up any space (in terms of monitors, API steps or transaction steps) until you’re ready to take them into production.
For this purpose, we’re introducing a new concept for Professional, Business and Enterprise accounts: monitors can be switched to Development mode. In the new Monitor mode settings for a monitor, you can switch between Development mode (which means that the monitor won’t run, but also won’t cost you anything) and Production mode (which is the default: the monitor will run normally in your account, but also counts towards the number of monitors and steps you have in use).
For more information about the new monitor mode settings, please read our Knowledge Base documentation.