A basic customer status page can be enabled without ownership verification. Verification is required before you can make that page appear to represent the monitored website through custom branding, analytics, or a custom status domain.
What ownership verification proves
Ownership verification demonstrates control of the monitored website or domain. It is separate from verifying an account email, an alert destination, a phone number, or an authenticator app.
Completing signup or verifying an alert email does not prove website ownership. Completing domain ownership verification does not change account sign-in or alert destinations.
Available methods
| Method | Best when you can access | What Uptime Basics checks |
|---|---|---|
| DNS TXT record | DNS settings | A generated token at the required DNS name |
| Verification file | Website files | A generated token in /.well-known/uptimebasics-verification.txt |
| HTML meta tag | Website page template | A generated verification meta tag on the monitored website |
Use the method that matches the access you already have. You can change methods from the Ownership section of the status-page settings.
Verify the domain
- Open the monitor and choose Public Status Page.
- Select Set up Page or Manage Settings.
- Open Ownership.
- Choose DNS, verification file, or meta tag.
- Add the generated record, file, or tag to the monitored website.
- Select Check verification.
After verification succeeds, branding, analytics, and custom-domain controls become available.
Verification records
Uptime Basics records the method, result, timestamps, and privacy-protective evidence needed to support abuse prevention, ownership disputes, and legal review. Raw verification codes and unrelated account secrets are not exposed on the public status page.