# Ready alerts and endpoint emails

> Get told when a waking endpoint is ready, in the browser, or by email after a slow start (push on your phone once the apps are out), so you never have to watch it start.

Source: https://bitsrun.com/docs/endpoints/notifications/
Updated: 2026-11-09

A sleeping endpoint usually wakes in a few minutes, longer when every GPU of its size is busy. You do not have to watch it.

## In the browser

When an endpoint is starting, its card offers **Notify me when it is ready**. Allow notifications once, and the browser tells you when it is ready, even from another tab. The tab title also changes to "Ready".

## By email after a slow start

In **Billing**, under **Endpoint emails**, tick **Email me when an endpoint that took more than 2 minutes to start is ready**. You get one email per start, sent to the address you sign in with. Always-on endpoints never send it.

## On your phone

The BitsRun apps for iOS and Android are coming soon. Once they are in the app stores, they can push:

- an endpoint is ready (when you asked from the playground),
- an endpoint failed to load,
- your balance is low,
- always-on stopped because credit ran out.

Each type can be turned off in the app, except security alerts. See [Notifications and widgets](https://bitsrun.com/docs/mobile/notifications-and-widgets/).

## Emails we always send

- **Your BitsRun balance is low:** when your balance drops below your alert amount (default $5, change it in Billing; 0 turns it off).
- **Your BitsRun endpoints have stopped:** when your balance reaches $0. This one always goes out.

Every email comes from `no-reply@bitsrun.com` and links straight to the page that fixes the problem.