---
title: Enable Notification of Policy Changes
description: Flag to indicate whether the agent subscribes to WebSocket notifications from AM for policy changes.
component: java-agents
version: 2025.11
page_id: java-agents:properties-reference:org.forgerock.agents.policy.change.notifications.enabled
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/java-agents/2025.11/properties-reference/org.forgerock.agents.policy.change.notifications.enabled.html
---

# Enable Notification of Policy Changes

Flag to indicate whether the agent subscribes to WebSocket notifications from AM for policy changes.

|                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Property name            | `org.forgerock.agents.policy.change.notifications.enabled`                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Aliases                  | `org.forgerock.agents.policy.change.notifications.enabled`   Introduced in Java Agent 5.6`com.sun.identity.agents.notification.enabled`   Introduced in Java Agent 5.0   [Recognized](preface.html#how_am_manages_multiple_aliases) from AM 6 |
| Function                 | Notifications                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Type                     | Boolean: `true` returns true; all other strings return `false`.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Default                  | `true`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Bootstrap property       | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Required property        | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Restart required         | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Local configuration file | `AgentBootstrap.properties`                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| AM console               | Tab: `AM Services`Title: `Enable Notification of Policy Changes`                                                                                                                                                                              |