diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
index a8f60769..6cb3ffc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Continuous monitoring of distribution channels
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
-    - cron:  '0 */6 * * *'
+    - cron:  '0 */1 * * *'
 
 jobs:
   smoke-tests:
@@ -11,9 +11,29 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
+      
       - run: pip install tox
+      
       - name: Run smoke tests
+        id: distribution-availability
         run: tox -c tox-distributioncheck.ini
+        
+      - name: Publish metric on X-Ray Python SDK distribution availability
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ steps.distribution-availability.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+            aws cloudwatch put-metric-data --metric-name XRayPythonSDKDistributionAvailability --dimensions failure=rate --namespace MonitorSDK --value 1 --timestamp $(date +%s)
+          else
+            aws cloudwatch put-metric-data --metric-name XRayPythonSDKDistributionAvailability --dimensions failure=rate --namespace MonitorSDK --value 0 --timestamp $(date +%s)
+          fi