Access point client count [Webhook payload for access point client count threshold alerts]

Overview of webhook event payloads sent by Meter

Alert events reference


## 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:

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "alert_name": "<AlertName>",
    "network_name": "<network label>",
    "timestamp": "2026-01-23T21:40:03Z"
  },
  "data": {
    // Event-specific fields documented in each event page
  }
}
```

### Metadata fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `alert_name` | string | The type of alert that triggered |
| `network_name` | string | The label of the network where the event occurred |
| `timestamp` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of when the event occurred |

Select an event type below for detailed payload schemas.

### Device events

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Device boot" href="/reference/webhooks/events/device-boot">
    Triggered when a Meter device boots up
  </Card>
  <Card title="Device offline" href="/reference/webhooks/events/device-offline">
    Triggered when devices go offline
  </Card>
  <Card title="High CPU usage" href="/reference/webhooks/events/high-cpu-usage">
    Triggered when CPU usage exceeds threshold
  </Card>
  <Card title="Config flaps" href="/reference/webhooks/events/config-flaps">
    Triggered during configuration instability
  </Card>
  <Card title="Firmware upgrade scheduled" href="/reference/webhooks/events/firmware-upgrade-scheduled">
    Triggered when upgrades are scheduled
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### WAN events

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="WAN down" href="/reference/webhooks/events/wan-down">
    Triggered when all WAN connections are down
  </Card>
  <Card title="WAN up" href="/reference/webhooks/events/wan-up">
    Triggered when WAN comes back online
  </Card>
  <Card title="WAN failover" href="/reference/webhooks/events/wan-failover">
    Triggered during WAN failover events
  </Card>
  <Card title="WAN flap" href="/reference/webhooks/events/wan-flap">
    Triggered when WAN is unstable
  </Card>
  <Card title="ISP outage" href="/reference/webhooks/events/isp-outage">
    Triggered when ISP connection is down
  </Card>
  <Card title="ISP degradation" href="/reference/webhooks/events/isp-degradation">
    Triggered when ISP quality degrades
  </Card>
  <Card title="High availability failover" href="/reference/webhooks/events/high-availability-failover">
    Triggered during HA failover events
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Access point events

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Access point client count" href="/reference/webhooks/events/access-point-client-count">
    Triggered when client count exceeds threshold
  </Card>
  <Card title="Access point link speed" href="/reference/webhooks/events/access-point-link-speed">
    Triggered when link speed drops
  </Card>
  <Card title="Access point radar hit" href="/reference/webhooks/events/access-point-radar-hit">
    Triggered when radar is detected on DFS channel
  </Card>
  <Card title="Rogue access point" href="/reference/webhooks/events/rogue-access-point">
    Triggered when unauthorized APs are detected
  </Card>
  <Card title="Honeypot access point" href="/reference/webhooks/events/honeypot-access-point">
    Triggered when honeypot SSIDs are detected
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Network events

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="DHCP pool exhaustion" href="/reference/webhooks/events/dhcp-pool-exhaustion">
    Triggered when DHCP pool nears capacity
  </Card>
  <Card title="IP conflict" href="/reference/webhooks/events/ip-conflict">
    Triggered when IP conflicts are detected
  </Card>
  <Card title="Wireless DHCP failure" href="/reference/webhooks/events/wireless-dhcp-failure">
    Triggered when wireless clients fail DHCP
  </Card>
  <Card title="RADIUS profile unreachable" href="/reference/webhooks/events/radius-profile-unreachable">
    Triggered when RADIUS server is unreachable
  </Card>
  <Card title="Captive portal access" href="/reference/webhooks/events/captive-portal-access">
    Triggered on captive portal access
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Switch events

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Port blocked" href="/reference/webhooks/events/port-blocked">
    Triggered when switch ports are blocked
  </Card>
  <Card title="STP error" href="/reference/webhooks/events/stp-error">
    Triggered on Spanning Tree Protocol errors
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Audit events

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Audit log" href="/reference/webhooks/events/audit-log">
    Triggered on Dashboard configuration changes
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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


Field	Type	Description
`alert_name`	string	The type of alert that triggered
`network_name`	string	The label of the network where the event occurred
`timestamp`	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the event occurred