US Patent 10162696 Dependency monitoring

Dependency monitoring can include monitoring a first application and a second application for un-expected behavior. Dependency monitoring can also include receiving a description of a number of dependencies between a number of applications wherein the description of the number of dependencies is created before monitoring of the first application and the second application begins. Dependency monitoring can include sending a message to an information technology (IT) personnel, wherein the message identifies a dependency from the number of dependencies between the first application and the second application based on the description of the number of dependencies.