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

# Reliability

> How Streamloop keeps your 24/7 stream live — cloud hosting, continuous health monitoring with automatic restart, distributed failover, and encrypted credentials.

A 24/7 stream is only useful if it stays up while you're asleep, at work, or away from your
computer. Streamloop runs your stream in the cloud and watches it continuously, bringing it back
on its own if anything goes wrong.

## Always on, in the cloud

Your stream runs on Streamloop's servers, not on your machine. There's no OBS to keep open and no
PC to leave switched on — once a loop is live, you can close your laptop and it keeps streaming.

## Monitoring and automatic recovery

Streamloop checks the health of every live stream around the clock. If a stream stalls, drops, or
a destination briefly refuses the connection, Streamloop restarts it and reconnects automatically
— usually before viewers notice.

Streams run on distributed infrastructure with standby capacity, so a single failure on our side
doesn't take you off air. In practice, Streamloop maintains **over 99.9% uptime**.

<Note>
  We don't claim a perfect 100%. Platforms like YouTube and Twitch occasionally enforce their own
  limits or maintenance windows. When that happens, Streamloop keeps trying and brings your stream
  back as soon as the destination accepts it again.
</Note>

## Your credentials are encrypted

Connecting a destination means trusting us with sensitive keys, so we protect them:

* Your **YouTube authorization** and **RTMP stream keys** are **encrypted at rest**.
* They're kept in **isolated storage**, separate from the rest of your account data.
* They're used only to publish your stream to the destination you picked — never shared.

See [YouTube integration](/you-tube-integration) for how the YouTube connection works.

## If something looks off

<Steps>
  <Step title="Check your destination">
    Open YouTube, Twitch, or your RTMP platform and confirm it shows an incoming stream. A
    destination-side issue (a disabled channel, a changed key) can stop the broadcast even when
    Streamloop is healthy.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check your credit balance">
    A stream stops if your credits run out. Top up and start it again — see [Billing](/billing).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Reconnect an expired YouTube channel">
    If your YouTube connection has expired, reconnect it from the destination settings, then
    restart the stream.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Building an always-on channel? Start on [streamloop.app](https://streamloop.app), or follow the
  [quickstart](/quickstart).
</Note>