Event types

Every Insights event type emitted by Honeybadger’s client libraries and the platform itself, grouped by what kind of activity the event represents. Select an event type to see its full field schema, emitter, and example queries.

Showing 106 of 106 event types across 7 clients

Cache

19Active Support · Cache · Action Controller

Event type	Client	Description
cache_cleanup.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache cleanup.
cache_decrement.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache decrement.
cache_delete_multi.active_support	ruby	A Rails multi-key cache delete.
cache_delete.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache delete.
cache_exist?.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache existence check.
cache_fetch_hit.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache fetch hit.
cache_generate.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache generate call.
cache_increment.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache increment.
cache_prune.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache prune call.
cache_read_multi.active_support	ruby	A Rails multi-key cache read.
cache_read.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache read.
cache_write_multi.active_support	ruby	A Rails multi-key cache write.
cache_write.active_support	ruby	A Rails cache write.
cache.hit	laravel	A cache key was found (hit).
cache.miss	laravel	A cache key was not found (miss).
exist_fragment?.action_controller	ruby	A Rails fragment cache existence check.
expire_fragment.action_controller	ruby	A Rails fragment cache expire call.
read_fragment.action_controller	ruby	A Rails fragment cache read.
write_fragment.action_controller	ruby	A Rails fragment cache write.

Check-ins

1

Event type	Client	Description
check_in	honeybadger	A heartbeat or report from a scheduled job or cron monitor.

Database

11Ash · Database · Ecto · Redis · Active Record

Event type	Client	Description
ash.action.stop	elixir	An Ash action span finished.
ash.custom.stop	elixir	An Ash custom span finished.
ash.query.stop	elixir	An Ash query span finished.
db.executed	laravel	A Laravel database query.
db.query	python	A database query from the Django ORM or SQLAlchemy.
db.transaction.committed	laravel	A database transaction was committed.
db.transaction.rolledback	laravel	A database transaction was rolled back.
db.transaction.started	laravel	A database transaction was started.
ecto.query	elixir	An Ecto repository ran a database query.
redis.executed	laravel	A Redis command was executed.
sql.active_record	ruby	A SQL query from Rails Active Record.

Deploys

1

Event type	Client	Description
deploy	honeybadger	A code deploy reported to Honeybadger.

Errors

1

Event type	Client	Description
notice	honeybadger	An unhandled error captured by a Honeybadger client.

Feature flags

1Flipper

Event type	Client	Description
feature_operation.flipper	ruby	A Flipper feature flag check or mutation recorded by Honeybadger.

GraphQL

3Absinthe

Event type	Client	Description
absinthe.execute.operation.exception	elixir	An Absinthe GraphQL operation raised an exception.
absinthe.execute.operation.stop	elixir	An Absinthe GraphQL operation finished.
absinthe.resolve.field.stop	elixir	An Absinthe field resolver finished.

HTTP

5Finch · Net::HTTP · HTTP client · Tesla

Event type	Client	Description
finch.request.stop	elixir	A Finch HTTP request finished.
request.net_http	ruby	An outbound HTTP request made with Ruby's Net::HTTP.
response.received	laravel	Laravel's HTTP client received a response.
tesla.request.exception	elixir	A Tesla HTTP request raised an exception.
tesla.request.stop	elixir	A Tesla HTTP request finished.

Jobs

16Celery · Karafka · Active Job · Sidekiq · Queue · Oban

Event type	Client	Description
celery.task_finished	python	A Celery task finished, whether it succeeded or failed.
consumer.consumed.karafka	ruby	A Karafka consumer processed a batch of Kafka messages.
discard.active_job	ruby	An Active Job job was discarded.
enqueue_all.active_job	ruby	A batch of Active Job jobs was enqueued.
enqueue_at.active_job	ruby	An Active Job job was scheduled to run later.
enqueue_retry.active_job	ruby	An Active Job job was queued for retry.
enqueue.active_job	ruby	An Active Job job was enqueued.
enqueue.sidekiq	ruby	A job was enqueued to a Sidekiq queue.
error.occurred.karafka	ruby	A Karafka consumer or the Karafka framework raised an error.
job.processed	laravel	A Laravel queue job finished processing.
job.queued	laravel	A Laravel job was pushed onto a queue.
oban.job.exception	elixir	An Oban job raised an exception or exited.
oban.job.stop	elixir	An Oban job finished without an error.
perform.active_job	ruby	An Active Job job ran, whether it succeeded or raised an exception.
perform.sidekiq	ruby	A Sidekiq job ran.
retry_stopped.active_job	ruby	An Active Job job stopped retrying after too many failed attempts.

LLM

6Active Agent

Event type	Client	Description
embed.active_agent	ruby	An embedding request made through ActiveAgent.
process.active_agent	ruby	An ActiveAgent action ran.
prompt.active_agent	ruby	A model prompt request made through ActiveAgent.
stream_close.active_agent	ruby	An ActiveAgent streaming response closed.
stream_open.active_agent	ruby	An ActiveAgent streaming response opened.
tool_call.active_agent	ruby	An ActiveAgent tool call ran.

Mail

3Mail · Action Mailer

Event type	Client	Description
mail.sending	laravel	A mail message is about to be sent.
mail.sent	laravel	A mail message was sent.
process.action_mailer	ruby	Rails generated an Action Mailer message.

Metrics

8Heroku Postgres · Autotuner · Karafka · Puma · Sidekiq · Solid Queue

Event type	Client	Description
metric.hb	ruby	A metric recorded through Honeybadger's instrumentation API and flushed by the metrics registry.
postgres	heroku	A Heroku Postgres log line from a Heroku log drain.
report.autotuner	ruby	A tuning recommendation from the Autotuner gem.
statistics_emitted.karafka	ruby	Kafka broker and consumer statistics from librdkafka.
stats.autotuner	ruby	Periodic Ruby process memory and object metrics from Autotuner.
stats.puma	ruby	A periodic Puma stats snapshot.
stats.sidekiq	ruby	Sidekiq cluster statistics from the Honeybadger agent.
stats.solid_queue	ruby	Solid Queue cluster statistics from the Honeybadger agent.

Notifications

3Notifications

Event type	Client	Description
notification.failed	laravel	A notification failed to send.
notification.sending	laravel	A notification is about to be sent.
notification.sent	laravel	A notification was sent.

Request

17ASGI · Django · Flask · Action Controller · Phoenix · Phoenix LiveView · Routing · Heroku Router

Event type	Client	Description
asgi.request	python	An ASGI app finished handling an HTTP request.
django.request	python	A Django view finished handling an HTTP request.
flask.request	python	A Flask route finished handling an HTTP request.
halted_callback.action_controller	ruby	A before/around filter halted the Rails request processing chain.
phoenix.endpoint.stop	elixir	A Phoenix or Plug request finished.
phoenix.live_component.handle_event.stop	elixir	A Phoenix LiveComponent handled a client event.
phoenix.live_component.update.stop	elixir	A Phoenix LiveComponent updated.
phoenix.live_view.handle_event.stop	elixir	A Phoenix LiveView handled a client event such as phx-click.
phoenix.live_view.handle_params.stop	elixir	A Phoenix LiveView handled URL params from a navigate or patch.
phoenix.live_view.mount.stop	elixir	A Phoenix LiveView mounted for a client connection.
process_action.action_controller	ruby	A Rails controller action finished handling an HTTP request.
redirect_to.action_controller	ruby	A Rails controller issued a redirect.
request.handled	laravel	A Laravel controller handled an HTTP request.
route.matched	laravel	Laravel matched a route before running the controller.
router	heroku	A Heroku router log line from a Heroku log drain.
send_file.action_controller	ruby	A Rails controller started sending a file.
unpermitted_parameters.action_controller	ruby	Rails strong parameters filtered out unpermitted keys.

Storage

2Active Storage

Event type	Client	Description
service_download.active_storage	ruby	A Rails Active Storage download.
service_upload.active_storage	ruby	A Rails Active Storage upload.

System

4

Event type	Client	Description
report.system	ruby	A periodic memory and load average snapshot from the Honeybadger system plugin.
report.system.cpu	system	CPU and load average metrics from the Honeybadger CLI agent.
report.system.disk	system	Disk partition usage metrics from the Honeybadger CLI agent.
report.system.memory	system	Virtual memory metrics from the Honeybadger CLI agent.

Uptime

1

Event type	Client	Description
site	honeybadger	A snapshot of an uptime-monitored site's configuration.

View

4Action View · Blade

Event type	Client	Description
render_collection.action_view	ruby	A Rails view render.
render_partial.action_view	ruby	A Rails view render.
render_template.action_view	ruby	A Rails view render.
view.rendered	laravel	A Blade view was rendered.