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Overview

This reference documents all webhook event payloads sent by Meter. Each event includes a metadata object with common fields and a data object with event-specific information. All payloads follow this structure: 
{
  "metadata": {
    "alert_name": "<AlertName>",
    "network_name": "<network label>",
    "timestamp": "2026-01-23T21:40:03Z"
  },
  "data": {
    // Event-specific fields documented in each event page
  }
}

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Metadata fields

FieldTypeDescription
alert_namestringThe type of alert that triggered
network_namestringThe label of the network where the event occurred
timestampstringISO 8601 timestamp of when the event occurred
Select an event type below for detailed payload schemas.

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Device events

Device boot

Triggered when a Meter device boots up

Device offline

Triggered when devices go offline

High CPU usage

Triggered when CPU usage exceeds threshold

Config flaps

Triggered during configuration instability

Firmware upgrade scheduled

Triggered when upgrades are scheduled

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WAN events

WAN down

Triggered when all WAN connections are down

WAN up

Triggered when WAN comes back online

WAN failover

Triggered during WAN failover events

WAN flap

Triggered when WAN is unstable

ISP outage

Triggered when ISP connection is down

ISP degradation

Triggered when ISP quality degrades

High availability failover

Triggered during HA failover events

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Access point events

Access point client count

Triggered when client count exceeds threshold

Access point link speed

Triggered when link speed drops

Access point radar hit

Triggered when radar is detected on DFS channel

Rogue access point

Triggered when unauthorized APs are detected

Honeypot access point

Triggered when honeypot SSIDs are detected

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Network events

DHCP pool exhaustion

Triggered when DHCP pool nears capacity

IP conflict

Triggered when IP conflicts are detected

Wireless DHCP failure

Triggered when wireless clients fail DHCP

RADIUS profile unreachable

Triggered when RADIUS server is unreachable

Captive portal access

Triggered on captive portal access

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Switch events

Port blocked

Triggered when switch ports are blocked

STP error

Triggered on Spanning Tree Protocol errors

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Audit events

Audit log

Triggered on Dashboard configuration changes

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Last updated by Meter Support Engineering on 01/23/2026