Overview: StreamPulse is a minimal Python-based microservice for monitoring the operational health of heterogeneous IP camera networks. It was designed during the expansion of a mixed-infrastructure deployment consisting of low-cost consumer cameras (such as TP-Link Tapo) and custom Raspberry Pi camera nodes running MotionEye. As the number of independent devices increased, conventional NVR monitoring and simple ping checks became insufficient to confirm real video availability or client accessibility. Problem Statement: Initial deployments used 9–10 cameras connected to an NVR, which was easy to supervise. As the network scaled to include numerous standalone IP and MotionEye cameras, monitoring became difficult: Each hardware platform supported different stream formats and client limits. Network pings could not confirm if a stream was actually functional. Commercial NVR solutions were resource-heavy and unsuitable for mixed hardware.