Monitor
Monitor is about C5 itself, not about your work. It answers: is everything running the way it should be?
Most of the time you will never open this page. When something feels wrong, this is where you look.
What it shows #
| Tab | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Summary | One screen with the overall state of things. |
| Health | Whether each part of C5 is responding normally. |
| Queueing | How much work is waiting, and whether it is moving. |
| Database | The state of your stored data, its size, and its backups. |
| Security | Recent blocked actions and anything unusual. |
Reading the health view #
Each part gets a simple state:
- Green — working normally.
- Yellow — slow or struggling, but still going.
- Red — not working. Something needs attention.
Click any item that is not green. C5 explains what it means and usually what to do.
When work seems stuck #
Open Queueing. It shows how many tasks are waiting and how fast they are moving.
A queue that is long but shrinking is fine — it is just busy. A queue that is not moving at all points at something blocking, usually a missing API key, a spending limit, or a task waiting for your approval.
Self-healing #
C5 is built to fix itself where it can. If your browser closes, your internet drops, an AI provider goes down, or the power goes out, C5 keeps track of what it was doing and picks up where it left off when things come back.
Its data storage repairs, backs up, and recovers itself too. Monitor is where you can see that this happened.
This means "something went wrong" usually does not mean "start over."
Disk space #
The Database tab shows how much room your data takes up. It grows as you use C5 — history, files, and backups all add up.
If space gets tight, you can shorten how long old history is kept. See Backups and recovery.
When to worry #
Open Monitor when:
- Work is much slower than usual
- Tasks are queued but nothing is starting
- You saw an error you did not understand
- You are running low on disk space
Otherwise, leave it alone. A quiet Monitor page is a good sign.
For specific problems and their fixes, see Common issues.