---
title: Deploy Tracking Added to Hoptoad
teaser: Hoptoad is now aware of application deployments.
tags: news,airbrake
author: Tammer Saleh
published_on: 2009-04-03
---

First, while Hoptoad was not affected by the Engine Yard outage last week, lots
of rails applications and web services were, and it was unclear at first what
the situation was with Hoptoad.  If you ever have questions about hoptoad status
or anything else Hoptoad related, you can a) create a support ticket in the
[hoptoad tender](http://help.hoptoadapp.com/), b) follow
[@hoptoadapp](http://twitter.com/hoptoadapp) on twitter.

Now on to the good news!

## Deploy tracking

We've been working hard on a new feature which provides for one of the most
commonly requested Hoptoad features (a resolve all action) that we're proud to
be rolling out &mdash; Hoptoad can now automatically track your deployments.
Read more about this in the [Deploy <abbr title="Frequently Asked
Questions">FAQ</abbr>](http://help.hoptoadapp.com/faqs/api-2/deploy-tracking).
This feature is enabled on all paid Hoptoad plans.

The newest version of the [notifier
plugin](http://github.com/thoughtbot/hoptoad_notifier) which is installed in
your Rails applications now provides a rake task and Capistrano recipe that will
notify the Hoptoad service every time you do a deploy of your application, and
Hoptoad will keep track of this history as it relates to your errors.

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You can then view your deploy history and see how many errors you've had for
each one.

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This feature paves the way for a bunch of neat ideas we've been kicking around.
One of which is...

## Bulk Error Resolution

One of the most commonly asked for features on our
[forums](http://help.hoptoadapp.com) has been the ability to resolve a large
swath of errors at the same time.  We've pushed back on implementing bulk error
resolution until now because we felt that would just be a band-aid, and that
adding features that address the underlying issues is a much better way to go.

As part of that, we've added a great feature where every deploy marks the
existing errors under that project and rails environment as resolved.  This
ensures that you will be notified if any of those errors still exist within the
new code.

FYI: _Hoptoad/Airbrake was sold to RackSpace and is now called [Airbrake Bug Tracker](http://airbrake.io)_.
