System event reference

System events the Honeybadger CLI agent reports from your servers: CPU, memory, and disk usage. Each entry lists the event's fields with their types, and links to its raw JSON Schema.

3 events emitted by honeybadger-cli.

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report.system.cpu

CPU and load average metrics from the Honeybadger CLI agent. Recorded once per reporting interval.

Field	Type	Description
event_type	string	Allowed value: report.system.cpu.
host	string	Hostname of the machine running the agent.
ts	string	ISO 8601 timestamp set by the CLI agent at collection time.
used_percent	number	CPU usage as a percentage (0.0–100.0), rounded to 2 decimal places.
load_avg_1	number	1-minute load average.
load_avg_5	number	5-minute load average.
load_avg_15	number	15-minute load average.
num_cpus	integer	Number of logical CPUs.

Example

{
  "event_type": "report.system.cpu",
  "host": "web-1.example.com",
  "ts": "2026-06-12T14:30:00Z",
  "used_percent": 32.85,
  "load_avg_1": 3.35,
  "load_avg_5": 3.73,
  "load_avg_15": 3.86,
  "num_cpus": 14
}

report.system.disk

Disk partition usage metrics from the Honeybadger CLI agent. Recorded once per non-pseudo partition per reporting interval.

Field	Type	Description
event_type	string	Allowed value: report.system.disk.
host	string	Hostname of the machine running the agent.
ts	string	ISO 8601 timestamp set by the CLI agent at collection time.
mountpoint	string	Mount point of the partition, e.g. "/" or "/data".
device	string	Device path, e.g. "/dev/sda1".
fstype	string	Filesystem type, e.g. "ext4", "apfs".
total_bytes	integer	Total partition size in bytes.
used_bytes	integer	Used bytes.
free_bytes	integer	Free bytes.
used_percent	number	Usage as a percentage (0.0–100.0), rounded to 2 decimal places.

Example

{
  "event_type": "report.system.disk",
  "host": "web-1.example.com",
  "ts": "2026-06-12T14:30:00Z",
  "mountpoint": "/",
  "device": "/dev/sda1",
  "fstype": "ext4",
  "total_bytes": 107374182400,
  "used_bytes": 58798465024,
  "free_bytes": 48575717376,
  "used_percent": 54.76
}

report.system.memory

Virtual memory metrics from the Honeybadger CLI agent. Recorded once per reporting interval.

Field	Type	Description
event_type	string	Allowed value: report.system.memory.
host	string	Hostname of the machine running the agent.
ts	string	ISO 8601 timestamp set by the CLI agent at collection time.
total_bytes	integer	Total virtual memory in bytes.
used_bytes	integer	Used memory in bytes.
free_bytes	integer	Free memory in bytes.
available_bytes	integer	Available memory in bytes (free + reclaimable).
used_percent	number	Memory usage as a percentage (0.0–100.0), rounded to 2 decimal places.

Example

{
  "event_type": "report.system.memory",
  "host": "web-1.example.com",
  "ts": "2026-06-12T14:30:00Z",
  "total_bytes": 17179869184,
  "used_bytes": 11811160064,
  "free_bytes": 1610612736,
  "available_bytes": 5368709120,
  "used_percent": 68.75
}