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Notifications
The feed and the emails: which network events reach you, and how to track a device going online or offline.
The notification feed
The bell in the header opens Notifications — the feed of changes in your private networks: devices, routes, access rules, keys, reverse-proxy. A number on the bell counts the unread events.
- The newest events are on top; the page shows the last 200. Each event links to its network.
- Opening the feed marks everything as read; the events that just arrived stay highlighted until you leave the page.
- An event is written in your interface language at the moment it happens; switching the language later doesn't rewrite old events.
- The public network and rooms don't write to the feed.
Network events
Each network decides which of its changes reach you. Open the network and its Notifications tab: Network notifications has a checkbox per kind of event. All are on by default.
| Kind | Events |
|---|---|
| Devices added and removed | A new device joined (also by email), a device was removed |
| Device changes (name, routes, tags, key expiry) | Renaming, approving routes, tags, a changed mesh address, sites added, approved or deleted |
| Access policy (ACL) | Changes of the access rules; a saved custom HuJSON policy and a switch between modes also come by email |
| Join keys | A join key was issued |
| Reverse-proxy | A published service was added or removed |
Press Save. Some events always reach you whatever the checkboxes say: changes of these settings, an export or a restore of the network (they also come by email), and turning online/offline tracking on or off.
Online/offline tracking
For devices that must not go quiet unnoticed — a subnet router, a home server, a pair of HA routers:
- Open the device's page and, under Notifications, turn on the switch Alert me when it goes online/offline (HA).
- The device gets the
HAtag — next to its name and in the device table. The same switch turns the tracking off.
When the device goes offline or comes back and stays that way for 2 minutes, you get an event in the feed and an email. A short blink doesn't trigger anything. mesh-net checks the networks about every 60 seconds, so an alert comes 2–3 minutes after the change.
What comes by email
- Security notices, always: a private network created, imported or deleted from the dashboard; a device removed from a private network through the dashboard; a join key issued in a private network; the password changed or reset; two-factor authentication turned on or off. Each ends with “if this wasn't you” advice. Adding and deleting devices in the public network sends no email.
- Network events marked “also by email” above, and online/offline alerts of tracked devices.
- Domains: your own domain became active.
- Plans and add-ons: a purchase is active; a renewal reminder 7 days and 1 day before the end; the plan or an add-on has ended (the plan's email says until when your networks and names are kept); the Paid plan's grace period is over and what was removed — see Plans and billing.
- Support: replies to your tickets.
Emails are sent in the language you chose in the header. To check that they reach you, use Send a test email.