diff --git a/.env b/.env
index e2ada6b..df02d5d 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 # BACKUP_FILE_SUFFIX="%Y%m%d"
 # BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS="0"
 # PING_URL=""
+# PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS=""
+# PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS=""
+# PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR=""
 # MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE="FALSE"
 # MAIL_SMTP_VARIABLES=""
 # MAIL_TO=""
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e90bd8d..af00f30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This tool supports backing up the following files or directories.
 
 And the following ways of notifying backup results are supported.
 
-- Ping (only send on success)
+- Ping (send on completion, start, success, or failure)
 - Mail (SMTP based, send on success and on failure)
 
 <br>
@@ -330,8 +330,20 @@ Default: `UTC`
 
 #### PING_URL
 
+Use [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) url or similar cron monitoring to perform `GET` requests after a backup **no matter if it succeeds or fails**.
+
+#### PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS
+
+Use [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) url or similar cron monitoring to perform `GET` requests at the **beginning** of a backup.
+
+#### PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS
+
 Use [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) url or similar cron monitoring to perform `GET` requests after a **successful** backup.
 
+#### PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR
+
+Use [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) url or similar cron monitoring to perform `GET` requests after a backup **fails**.
+
 #### MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE
 
 Starting from v1.19.0, we will be using [`s-nail`](https://www.sdaoden.eu/code-nail.html) instead of [`heirloom-mailx`](https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-heirloom-mailx/) to send emails.
diff --git a/README_zh.md b/README_zh.md
index d6baf27..60b092d 100644
--- a/README_zh.md
+++ b/README_zh.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 并且支持以下通知备份结果的方式。
 
-- Ping (仅成功时发送)
+- Ping (完成，开始，成功或失败时发送)
 - Mail (基于 SMTP，成功时和失败时都会发送)
 
 <br>
@@ -328,8 +328,20 @@ Rclone 全局参数，详见 [flags](https://rclone.org/flags/)。
 
 #### PING_URL
 
+使用 [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) 地址或者其他类似的 cron 监控，以便在备份**完成（不论成功或失败）**后执行 `GET` 请求。
+
+#### PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS
+
+使用 [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) 地址或者其他类似的 cron 监控，以便在备份**开始**前执行 `GET` 请求。
+
+#### PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS
+
 使用 [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) 地址或者其他类似的 cron 监控，以便在备份**成功**后执行 `GET` 请求。
 
+#### PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR
+
+使用 [healthcheck.io](https://healthchecks.io/) 地址或者其他类似的 cron 监控，以便在备份**失败**后执行 `GET` 请求。
+
 #### MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE
 
 从 v1.19.0 开始，本工具使用 [`s-nail`](https://www.sdaoden.eu/code-nail.html) 代替 [`heirloom-mailx`](https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-heirloom-mailx/) 发送邮件。
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d909c63..c0bd609 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ services:
     #   ZIP_TYPE: 'zip'
     #   BACKUP_FILE_SUFFIX: '%Y%m%d'
     #   BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS: 0
-    #   PING_URL: ''
+    #   PING_URL=''
+    #   PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS=''
+    #   PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS=''
+    #   PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR=''
     #   MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE: 'FALSE'
     #   MAIL_SMTP_VARIABLES: ''
     #   MAIL_TO: ''
diff --git a/scripts/backup.sh b/scripts/backup.sh
index 4eed606..5f1e8ef 100644
--- a/scripts/backup.sh
+++ b/scripts/backup.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ function backup_db_postgresql() {
     if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
         color red "backup vaultwarden postgresql database failed"
 
+        send_ping "${PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR}" "error"
+        send_ping "${PING_URL}" "completion"
         send_mail_content "FALSE" "Backup failed at $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"). Reason: Backup postgresql database failed."
 
         exit 1
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ function backup_db_mysql() {
     if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
         color red "backup vaultwarden mysql database failed"
 
+        send_ping "${PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR}" "error"
+        send_ping "${PING_URL}" "completion"
         send_mail_content "FALSE" "Backup failed at $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"). Reason: Backup mysql database failed."
 
         exit 1
@@ -163,6 +167,8 @@ function upload() {
     if [[ ! -e "${UPLOAD_FILE}" ]]; then
         color red "upload file not found"
 
+        send_ping "${PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR}" "error"
+        send_ping "${PING_URL}" "completion"
         send_mail_content "FALSE" "File upload failed at $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"). Reason: Upload file not found."
 
         exit 1
@@ -184,6 +190,8 @@ function upload() {
     done
 
     if [[ "${HAS_ERROR}" == "TRUE" ]]; then
+        send_ping "${PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR}" "error"
+        send_ping "${PING_URL}" "completion"
         send_mail_content "FALSE" "File upload failed at $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")."
 
         exit 1
@@ -214,6 +222,9 @@ function clear_history() {
 color blue "running the backup program at $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")"
 
 init_env
+
+send_ping "${PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS}" "start"
+
 check_rclone_connection
 
 clear_dir
@@ -225,6 +236,7 @@ clear_dir
 clear_history
 
 send_mail_content "TRUE" "The file was successfully uploaded at $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")."
-send_ping
+send_ping "${PING_URL}" "completion"
+send_ping "${PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS}" "success"
 
 color none ""
diff --git a/scripts/includes.sh b/scripts/includes.sh
index 127c4f8..b12905f 100644
--- a/scripts/includes.sh
+++ b/scripts/includes.sh
@@ -127,18 +127,19 @@ function send_mail_content() {
 ########################################
 # Send health check ping.
 # Arguments:
-#     None
+#     url
+#     ping name
 ########################################
 function send_ping() {
-    if [[ -z "${PING_URL}" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "${1}" ]]; then
         return
     fi
 
-    wget "${PING_URL}" -T 15 -t 10 -O /dev/null -q
+    wget "${1}" -T 15 -t 10 -O /dev/null -q
     if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-        color red "ping sending failed"
+        color red "${2} ping sending failed"
     else
-        color blue "ping send was successfully"
+        color blue "${2} ping send was successfully"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ function init_env() {
 
     init_env_dir
     init_env_db
+    init_env_ping
     init_env_mail
 
     # CRON
@@ -304,10 +306,6 @@ function init_env() {
     BACKUP_FILE_DATE="$(echo "${BACKUP_FILE_DATE:-"%Y%m%d"}${BACKUP_FILE_DATE_SUFFIX}" | sed 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z%_-]//g')"
     BACKUP_FILE_DATE_FORMAT="$(echo "${BACKUP_FILE_SUFFIX:-"${BACKUP_FILE_DATE}"}" | sed 's/\///g')"
 
-    # PING_URL
-    get_env PING_URL
-    PING_URL="${PING_URL:-""}"
-
     # TIMEZONE
     get_env TIMEZONE
     local TIMEZONE_MATCHED_COUNT=$(ls "/usr/share/zoneinfo/${TIMEZONE}" 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
@@ -349,6 +347,15 @@ function init_env() {
     if [[ -n "${PING_URL}" ]]; then
         color yellow "PING_URL: ${PING_URL}"
     fi
+    if [[ -n "${PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS}" ]]; then
+        color yellow "PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS: ${PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS}"
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "${PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS}" ]]; then
+        color yellow "PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS: ${PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS}"
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "${PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR}" ]]; then
+        color yellow "PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR: ${PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR}"
+    fi
     color yellow "MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE: ${MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE}"
     if [[ "${MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE}" == "TRUE" ]]; then
         color yellow "MAIL_TO: ${MAIL_TO}"
@@ -440,6 +447,24 @@ function init_env_db() {
     fi
 }
 
+function init_env_ping() {
+    # PING_URL
+    get_env PING_URL
+    PING_URL="${PING_URL:-""}"
+
+    # PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS
+    get_env PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS
+    PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS="${PING_URL_WHEN_STARTS:-""}"
+
+    # PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS
+    get_env PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS
+    PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS="${PING_URL_WHEN_SUCCESS:-""}"
+
+    # PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR
+    get_env PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR
+    PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR="${PING_URL_WHEN_ERROR:-""}"
+}
+
 function init_env_mail() {
     # MAIL_SMTP_ENABLE
     # MAIL_TO