# How SRE Teams Use Synthetic Monitoring to Catch Problems Before Users Do

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Podcast: [The Site Reliability Podcast with Fexingo: SRE, Uptime, and Production Engineering](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-site-reliability-podcast-with-fexingo-sre-uptime-and-production-engineering-7871923)
Published: 2026-07-06T22:25:09+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-site-reliability-podcast/episode-0095.mp3
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## Resource

In episode 95 of The Site Reliability Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how synthetic monitoring helps SRE teams detect issues before they impact real users. They break down the difference between synthetic and real-user monitoring, walk through a concrete example at a large e-commerce platform where synthetic checks caught a checkout failure ahead of a flash sale, and discuss how to design synthetic probes that don't generate noise or false alarms. The hosts also cover trade-offs like maintenance overhead and the risk of synthetic monitoring missing edge cases. If you're building or maintaining an SRE practice, this episode gives you a practical framework for deciding what to monitor synthetically and how to keep your tests meaningful. #SyntheticMonitoring #SRE #SiteReliabilityEngineering #Observability #IncidentResponse #Uptime #ProactiveMonitoring #ECommerce #CheckoutFailure #FlashSale #SLO #ErrorBudget #CanaryDeployment #AlexaRankings #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #UptimePodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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