# Instacart.com Downtime Change Watcher

> Instacart.com Downtime Change Watcher is a paid API for AI agents from monitor.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Checks if instacart.com is currently down, compares the result to the previous check, and returns whether its status has changed along with before/after details.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://monitor.intel.rallylive.ca/watch/monitor/is-down/instacart-com?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instacart-com-downtime-change-watcher-3a098575
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1Ik0o3RlB6hkx9mhM7z6H

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability instacart-com-downtime-change-watcher-3a098575
```

Example prompt: Keep an eye on instacart.com for me — run a check and tell me if its up/down status has changed since the last time you looked, including what specifically changed.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to detect *changes* in instacart.com availability over time rather than just a one-time status check. Ideal for scheduled polling workflows where you want to be alerted only when something changes, reducing noise from repeated 'still down' or 'still up' results. Best suited for agents automating outage notifications or incident triggers specifically for instacart.com.

## Known failure modes

- No previous result stored (first call or >90 days since last call — no comparison available)
- Network error reaching instacart.com from Cloudflare edge (may report false positive downtime)
- Payment failure for $0.02 USDC x402 charge (call blocked)
- Temporary edge node issue causing inconsistent status readings

## How this service works

Change watch for is instacart com down: runs the check, compares it with the result from your previous call for the same query (kept 90 days) and returns the current answer, changed true/false, the fields that changed with before/after values, and when it was last seen. Schedule it to be alerted when this changes. $0.02 per check.

## Output

Returns the current up/down status of instacart.com, a boolean 'changed' flag indicating whether the status differs from the previous call, a list of fields that changed with their before and after values, and a timestamp of when the status was last seen. Previous check results are retained for 90 days.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instacart-com-downtime-change-watcher-3a098575/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from monitor.intel.rallylive.ca](https://www.zero.xyz/host/monitor.intel.rallylive.ca/llms.txt)