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HookStead
Webhook Monitoring, Retries and Replay
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Hello DevHunt community! I built HookStead to sit between providers and apps, record every webhook, verify signatures, forward them with retries and let you replay or bulk‑retry failed deliveries. It stores a full delivery history, sends alerts and runs in Germany with 10k free events per month. Would love your thoughts on the workflow 😊
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- Webhook relay and monitoring service
- Capture every event from providers
- Automatic retries when server is down
- Inspect and replay any payload
HookStead receives, verifies, stores and forwards webhooks with automatic retries, replay, alerts and full delivery history.
- for
- Developers building webhook endpoints and needing reliable delivery monitoring.
- pricing
- freemium · free trial
Key features
- Signature verification — Verifies HMAC signatures on arrival and rejects forged requests.
- Automatic retries — Retries failed deliveries with exponential backoff up to a plan-specific limit.
- Replay and bulk retry — One-click replay of single or multiple failed events with idempotency safety.
- Searchable history — Search events by text, header, JSON path, source, time or outcome and view each attempt.
- Alerting — Email alerts on failure spikes, dead deliveries and recovery, with quiet periods for flapping.
- Private by default — Payloads encrypted at rest, sensitive fields redacted, and all views audit-logged.
Use cases
- Debug a failing webhook endpoint by replaying the exact payload that caused the error.
- Ensure delivery of critical events from Stripe or GitHub even when your service is temporarily down.
- Monitor webhook health across multiple sources and receive alerts before outages impact users.
HookStead FAQ
What happens when my endpoint is down?+
HookStead keeps the event and retries with exponential backoff and jitter up to the attempt limit, then marks it failed and can alert you.
Do I still need to verify the provider's signature?+
No, HookStead verifies the provider's signature on arrival; you only need to verify HookStead's own signature on each attempt.
Can I self-host HookStead?+
Yes, it ships as Docker images with a production compose file; billing can be turned off for self-hosted use.
What counts toward my monthly events?+
Each webhook received and each replayed delivery counts; retries of the same delivery are free.
What if I exceed my monthly event limit?+
New webhooks receive a 429 with Retry-After until the month resets, and you get email warnings at 80% and 100% usage.
Summarized by DevHunt from hookstead.dev · Nov 12, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
