Lava infrastructure

Lava Pulse

A comprehensive explorer and active monitoring platform for Lava Network providers. Lava Pulse delivers real-time visibility into provider health, performance metrics, network coverage, and incident management to ensure optimal operation of the Lava ecosystem.

Purpose-built for Lava Network

Lava Pulse serves as both a full-featured blockchain explorer and an advanced monitoring platform specifically designed for Lava Network infrastructure. The platform provides comprehensive visibility into provider operations, network health, and ecosystem metrics, enabling providers, validators, and network participants to make informed decisions about infrastructure management.

Unlike generic monitoring tools, Lava Pulse understands the unique requirements of Lava Network's provider ecosystem. It tracks provider reputation scores, stake allocations across multiple networks, certificate validity, domain health, and synchronization status—all critical factors that determine provider performance and reward eligibility in the Lava ecosystem.

The platform combines real-time monitoring with historical analytics, allowing operators to identify trends, predict potential issues, and optimize their provider configurations. With support for WalletConnect integration, providers can manage their infrastructure directly from the dashboard, making configuration changes and monitoring performance without switching between multiple tools.

Capabilities

What the platform delivers

Comprehensive provider monitoring

Real-time tracking of provider health, performance metrics, and operational status across all Lava networks. Monitor availability, latency, success rates, and reputation scores for every active provider.

Certificate and domain validation

Automated checks for SSL certificate expiration, domain validity, and configuration issues. Receive alerts when certificates are expiring within 14 days or when domains have connectivity problems.

Sync status and lag detection

Continuous monitoring of blockchain synchronization status. Detect when providers fall behind the latest block height and receive immediate alerts about desynchronization that could impact service quality.

Node overload protection

Track request volumes, response times, and error rates to identify overloaded nodes before they fail. Visual indicators show when providers are approaching capacity limits or experiencing performance degradation.

Balance and stake monitoring

Monitor provider balances and staking levels across all networks. Get notified when balances drop below safe thresholds or when stake modifications occur, ensuring providers maintain adequate resources.

Configuration validation

Automated checks for misconfigurations, incorrect network settings, and improper endpoint configurations. Identify issues before they cause service disruptions or impact provider reputation.

Advanced analytics and visualization

Rich dashboards with network health scores, provider performance rankings, and trend analysis. Visualize data through charts, graphs, and radial distributions showing network coverage and provider distribution.

WalletConnect integration

Seamless wallet connection for provider management. Connect your wallet to view your provider statistics, manage configurations, and access provider-specific features directly from the dashboard.

Visual network management

Intuitive interface for managing provider networks and allocations. View and configure which networks your provider supports, adjust stake allocations, and monitor performance across different blockchain networks.

Incident tracking and alerting

Comprehensive incident management system with severity classification (Critical, Warning, Info, Medium). Track open alerts, view incident trends over 24-hour periods, and receive notifications for provider issues.

Real-time provider health monitoring

Lava Pulse continuously monitors all active providers in the Lava Network, tracking critical metrics including availability scores, latency measurements, success rates, and reputation scores. The platform performs automated health checks every few minutes, validating provider endpoints, checking response times, and detecting service degradation before it impacts consumers.

Providers are ranked by reputation score, with detailed breakdowns showing availability percentages, latency performance, and network participation. Operators can see at a glance which providers are performing optimally and which may require attention or optimization.

Automated certificate and domain validation

One of the most critical aspects of provider reliability is maintaining valid SSL certificates and properly configured domains. Lava Pulse automatically checks certificate expiration dates, flagging providers whose certificates will expire within 14 days. This proactive approach prevents service disruptions that could occur when certificates expire unexpectedly.

Domain health monitoring tracks connectivity issues, DNS problems, and configuration errors that could prevent consumers from accessing provider endpoints. The platform identifies domains with issues and provides clear indicators of what needs to be fixed, helping providers maintain high availability and avoid reputation penalties.

Synchronization and performance monitoring

Blockchain synchronization is crucial for provider performance. Lava Pulse monitors block height across all supported networks, detecting when providers fall behind the latest block. Desynchronization alerts notify operators immediately when their nodes are lagging, allowing them to address sync issues before they impact service quality or provider reputation.

The platform also tracks node overload conditions by monitoring request volumes, response times, and error rates. When providers approach capacity limits or experience performance degradation, visual indicators and alerts help operators scale resources or optimize configurations before service quality is compromised.

Balance, stake, and configuration management

Provider operations require careful management of balances and stake allocations across multiple networks. Lava Pulse tracks provider balances in real-time, alerting operators when balances drop below safe thresholds. Stake monitoring shows current allocations, recent modifications, and helps providers optimize their distribution across different blockchain networks.

Configuration validation ensures providers maintain proper settings for optimal performance. The platform checks for misconfigurations, incorrect network parameters, and improper endpoint configurations, helping providers avoid issues that could lead to service disruptions or reputation penalties.

Advanced analytics and network visualization

Lava Pulse provides comprehensive analytics capabilities, allowing operators to understand network trends, provider performance patterns, and ecosystem health. The platform visualizes data through interactive charts, graphs, and radial distributions showing network coverage, provider distribution, and performance metrics.

Network coverage analysis shows which blockchain networks have the most provider support, helping operators make informed decisions about where to allocate resources. The analytics workspace enables correlation of network events with provider performance, identifying patterns and trends that might not be immediately obvious from individual metrics.

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Platform interface

Why Lava providers rely on Lava Pulse

Operating a successful provider in the Lava Network requires constant vigilance over multiple operational factors: certificate validity, domain health, synchronization status, node performance, balance levels, and network configurations. Missing any of these can result in service degradation, reputation penalties, or loss of rewards. Lava Pulse consolidates all this monitoring into a single, intuitive interface, giving providers the visibility they need to maintain optimal performance.

The platform's proactive alerting system helps providers address issues before they impact consumers or reputation scores. By monitoring certificates, domains, sync status, and node performance in real-time, operators can maintain high availability and service quality, ensuring they remain competitive in the Lava ecosystem.

For network participants, Lava Pulse serves as a comprehensive explorer, providing visibility into network health, provider rankings, stake distributions, and ecosystem metrics. This transparency helps consumers make informed decisions about which providers to use and helps the broader community understand the health and growth of the Lava Network.

With WalletConnect integration and visual management interfaces, providers can manage their infrastructure directly from the dashboard, making configuration changes, monitoring performance, and responding to alerts without switching between multiple tools. This streamlined workflow reduces operational overhead and helps providers focus on delivering high-quality RPC services to the Lava ecosystem.