> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sitespy.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Managing Watches

> View, recheck, and manage your watches from the web dashboard

The [web dashboard](https://sitespy.app/dashboard/watches) provides a central view of all your watched pages.

## Watch list

The dashboard shows all your watches with:

* Page URL and favicon — the address is a link, so clicking it opens the page in a new tab
* Last checked time
* Change status indicator
* Health state when a check is failing

### Status indicators

| Status         | Meaning                                                                                                             |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Changed        | New changes detected since you last viewed                                                                          |
| No changes     | Page content is the same as the previous snapshot                                                                   |
| Pending        | Watch was just created and hasn't been checked yet                                                                  |
| Viewing        | Currently being checked by the server                                                                               |
| Error          | The last check failed (network error, timeout, etc.)                                                                |
| Paused         | Checking is stopped, either by you or automatically after repeated failures                                         |
| Tuning filters | An automatic repair is running on this watch's filters — see [Automatic Noise Repair](/docs/dashboard/noise-repair) |

A failing watch also carries a health badge saying *why* it failed and what to do about it, and its owner is emailed after a few consecutive failures. See [Watch Health & Failure Alerts](/docs/dashboard/watch-health).

## Adding watches

Paste the address into the dashboard and press **Find What to Watch**. Site Spy loads
the page and shows it to you as a picture, and you click the part you care about — the
price, the availability line, the heading. Only changes inside that element email you.

You cannot finish without choosing something, and that is deliberate: a watch pointed at
a whole page alerts on every visitor counter, cookie banner and timestamp on it, which is
noise rather than news.

Where a page offers obvious candidates, they appear as chips above the picture (Price,
Availability, Heading) — clicking one selects that element. They are found by inspecting
the page itself, not by a model guessing at intent.

You can also drag a box around an area rather than clicking one thing, and a click inside
a list is answered with a question about whether you meant that one item or the whole
list. See [Choosing What to Watch](/docs/dashboard/element-picker) for all of it.

You can also add watches from the [browser extension](/docs/extension/watching-pages) or
[AI Chat](/docs/dashboard/ai-chat).

## Rechecking

Click the **recheck** button on any watch to trigger an immediate server-side check. The check runs in the background — if it takes longer than 90 seconds, you'll see a notification that it may still be processing.

## Viewing changes

From the dashboard, you can access three views for each watch:

* **Preview** — See the latest snapshot rendered as a page
* **Timeline** — Browse all snapshots and compare any two
* **Diff** — Compare the latest two snapshots side by side

## Pausing and resuming

Click the pause button on a watch to temporarily stop checking it. The watch stays in your list with all its settings and history intact. Click resume to start checking again.

Site Spy also pauses a watch by itself after a long run of failures it cannot recover from, and emails you when that happens. Resuming clears the error and queues an immediate check. See [Watch Health & Failure Alerts](/docs/dashboard/watch-health).

## Watch settings

Click the gear icon on any watch to open its settings — check interval, screenshot capture, filters, and more. See [Watch Settings](/docs/dashboard/watch-settings) for details.

## Deleting watches

Click the delete button on any watch to remove it. A confirmation dialog appears before deletion. If deletion fails, the error persists until you dismiss it or retry.

## Filtering, sorting, and search

The toolbar above the list gives you:

* **Search** — filters by URL and title
* **Status** — show only watches in a given state, such as errored or paused
* **Last changed** — narrow to watches that changed within a time window
* **Sortable columns** — click Site, Checked, or Changed to sort by that column

Active filters appear as chips, and **Clear all filters** resets them in one click.

## Marking changes as seen

A watch that has changed since you last looked is flagged in the list. **Mark all viewed** clears those flags across every watch at once, rather than opening each one.

## Getting help with a failing watch

A failing watch offers a **Get help with this watch** link, which opens the [support form](/docs/dashboard/support) with that watch already selected.