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Expecting them to update status page before someone notices and posts on HN might be too high of a bar.

If it's done properly, it shouldn't need to be manually updated.

I'm sure there's failure modes that won't get caught automatically and need manual updates.

I'd agree that 'properly' doing a status page would include something out of band attempting to use the service and checking if it worked. No idea if anyone does that.

I'm not sure you understand what the status page is used for.

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