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title: Configuring runtime notifications
description: Configure and manage runtime notifications in the PingFederate administrative console.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.0
page_id: pingfederate:administrators_reference_guide:pf_configuring_runtime_notifications
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.0/administrators_reference_guide/pf_configuring_runtime_notifications.html
revdate: November 7, 2025
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  related-links: Related links
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# Configuring runtime notifications

Use the PingFederate administrative console to configure and manage runtime notifications. These notifications provide alerts about license status, ensuring uninterrupted server functionality.

## About this task

Runtime notifications also provide information about critical certificate events, such as expiration or changes, enabling admins to maintain secure communication. Notifications for SAML metadata updates help admins adapt their configurations and ensure smooth authentication and authorization processes. These runtime notifications ensure compliance, security, and uninterrupted services for users.

## Steps

1. Go to **System > Monitoring & Notifications >** **Runtime Notifications**.

2. (Optional) Configure licensing events notifications:

   1. Select the **Notification for Servers Licensing Events** checkbox.

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      |   | This checkbox appears only if your PingFederate license has an expiration date. |

   2. Enter the comma-separated email addresses of the intended recipients.

   3. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

   If you haven't configured the desired notification publisher instance, click **Manage Notification Publishers**.

3. (Optional) Configure certificate event notifications:

   1. Select the **Notification for Certificate Events** checkbox.

   2. Configure warning event timing:

      * **Initial Warning Event (Days)**: The number of days before a certificate event that PingFederate generates the first notification.

      * **Final Warning Event (Days)**: The number of days before a certificate event that PingFederate generates the final notification.

   3. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

   Choose from:

   * To send certificate events by email, select **Default**, and enter the comma-separated email addresses of the intended recipients in the **Email Address(es)** field.

   * To record runtime certificate advance warnings in the `server.log` file, select **Logging Only**.

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     |   | If you select this option, you are not required to set a notification publisher. |

4. Configure certificate expiry administrator console warnings:

   1. In the **Days Before Certificate Expiry for Administrator Console Warning** field, enter the number of days before a certificate expires that PingFederate issues a notification.

   2. In the **Days After Certificate Expiry for Administrator Console Warning** field, enter the number of days after a certificate expires for the expired certificate notification continue diplaying.

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      |   | You can disable certificate expiry notifications by setting the value of both warning fields to `0`. |

5. (Optional) Configure SAML metadata update events:

   1. Select the **Notification for SAML Metadata Update Events** checkbox.

   2. Enter the comma-separated email addresses of the intended recipients.

   3. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

   If you haven't configured the desired notification publisher instance, click **Manage Notification Publishers**.

6. (Optional) Configure thread pool exhaustion events:

   1. Select the **Notification for Thread Pool Exhaustion Events** checkbox.

   2. To enable PingFederate to dump threads after a thread queue threshold has been reached, select the **Thread Dump** checkbox.

   3. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

   Choose from:

   * To send thread pool exhaustion events by email, select **Default** and enter the comma-separated email addresses of the intended recipients in the **Email Address(es)** field.

   * To record thread pool exhaustion events in the `server.log` file, select **Logging Only**.

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     |   | If you select this option, you aren't required to set a notification publisher. |

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     |   | Learn more in [Configuring thread pool monitoring](pf_configuring_thread_pool_monitoring.html). |

7. (Optional) Configure bulkhead alert events.

   1. Select the **Notification For Bulkhead Alert Events** checkbox.

   2. To enable PingFederate to dump threads after a bulkhead threshold has been reached, select the **Thread Dump** checkbox.

   3. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

   Choose from:

   * To send bulkhead alert events by email, select **Default** and enter the comma-separated email addresses of the intended recipient in the **Email Address(es)** field.

   * To record bulkhead alert events in the `server.log` file, select **Logging Only**.

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     |   | If you select this option, you aren't required to set a notification publisher. |

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     |   | Learn more in [Configuring runtime thread bulkheads](pf_configuring_runtime_thread_bulkheads.html). |

8. Click **Save**.

## Related links

* [Managing notification publisher instances](help_notificationsendertasklet_notificationsendermanagementstate.html)