Kong Gateway 2.5 introduces event hooks, a new feature that allows users to receive notifications when specific events occur in their Kong Gateway deployment, particularly useful for monitoring system changes such as the creation of new administrators or the addition of plugins to latency-sensitive routes. This enterprise feature offers four types of actions: sending preformatted POST requests via webhooks, building custom HTTP requests, logging events in Kong Gateway logs, and triggering Lua functions. Users can configure event listeners by accessing the /event-hooks/sources endpoint to view available sources, events, and fields for templating. Examples of event hook applications include sending Slack notifications for unreachable upstream services, logging the creation of new admins, and enforcing email policies for new admins via webhooks. To enhance security and functionality, users can configure features such as the snooze parameter to silence notifications within specific time windows and enable the x-kong-signature to validate request authenticity. The event hooks feature is designed with developer experience in mind, offering extensive customization and integration options, and users are encouraged to explore and share their creative implementations.