# is-duckduckgo-com-down

> is-duckduckgo-com-down is a paid API for AI agents from monitor.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Performs a live HTTP reachability check on duckduckgo.com from Cloudflare's edge, returning up/down verdict, HTTP status, response time, redirect chain, server header, and TLS validity.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://monitor.intel.rallylive.ca/monitor/is-down/duckduckgo-com?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/is-duckduckgo-com-down-9375f72c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8v5ik3wEb7GViUQkGw23n

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 is-duckduckgo-com-down-9375f72c
```

Example prompt: DuckDuckGo isn't loading for me — can you do a live check from the internet to tell me whether it's actually down or if the problem is on my end?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user reports duckduckgo.com is not loading and you need to distinguish a real global outage from a local network issue. It is purpose-built for duckduckgo.com specifically (not a generic uptime tool), runs the probe from Cloudflare's edge for geographic neutrality, and returns a concise up/down verdict with supporting details in a single call at very low cost.

## Known failure modes

- Edge probe itself fails or times out (network error on monitoring infrastructure side)
- TLS handshake failure reported as cert invalid even if site is otherwise up
- Redirect loop detected, final URL may not match expected domain
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402 before the check is performed
- False positive 'up' if duckduckgo returns a soft error page with HTTP 200

## How this service works

Is duckduckgo.com down right now? Live check from Cloudflare's edge: HTTP status, response time, final URL after redirects, server header and whether the TLS certificate is valid, with an up/down verdict. Call it when a user or agent says "duckduckgo.com isn't loading" to tell a real outage from a local problem. $0.01 per check.

## Output

Returns an up/down verdict for duckduckgo.com along with the HTTP status code, response time in milliseconds, the final URL after any redirects, the server response header, and whether the TLS certificate is currently valid — all measured from Cloudflare's edge network.

## 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/is-duckduckgo-com-down-9375f72c/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)