🔓 Unlocked: More Power and Flexibility for Custom Webhook Headers!

Get ready to level up your integrations! We've heard your feedback and have supercharged our Custom Webhook notification channels. Gone are the days of being restricted in how you format your headers.

Previously, Custom Headers were limited to 

Authorization and headers prefixed with x-. We're excited to announce that we've removed this limitation, giving you far more freedom and flexibility!

What's New?

We've enhanced our Custom Webhook notifications to support a much broader range of HTTP headers. You can now send notifications with virtually any custom header required by your third-party systems, internal tools, and automation scripts. The only headers we restrict are standard ones that could conflict with the HTTP connection itself.

This means you can now seamlessly integrate with services that require specific header formats for authentication, routing, or metadata without needing complex workarounds.

Why It Matters

This update is all about making your life easier and your integrations more powerful.

• Ultimate Flexibility: Integrate Kentik alerts with an even wider universe of applications and services. If your endpoint needs a X-Custom-Auth-Token, My-App-Identifier, or any other unique header, you can now add it directly.
• Streamlined Automation: Simplify your incident response playbooks. Send alerts with the exact headers your systems expect, making your custom scripts and downstream tools more robust and easier to maintain.
• Enhanced Security: Securely pass custom API keys, tokens, or other authentication data in the precise header format required by your infrastructure.

Get Started!

Putting this new flexibility to work is easy:

1. Navigate to 
   Settings > Notification Channels in the Kentik portal. 
2. Click 
   Add Notification Channel and select 
   Custom Webhook, or edit an existing webhook channel by clicking the pencil icon.
3. In the 
   Custom Headers section, click the + Add button and input any key-value pair you need for your custom headers. 

That's it! We can't wait to see the powerful and creative integrations you build with this new capability. Happy automating!