# Amazon eventbridge - add env and meta\_data properties **URL:** \ **Category:** Features Requests\ **Created:** [June 23, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/amazon-eventbridge-add-env-and-meta-data-properties/4609 "2026-06-23T18:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kuri-benchling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@kuri-benchling](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/kuri-benchling)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/amazon-eventbridge-add-env-and-meta-data-properties/4609/1 "2026-06-23T18:08:35Z")
It would be great to have `env` and `meta_data` properties in amazon eventbridge events to avoid calling Buildkite API to obtain those properties. > **[Amazon EventBridge](https://buildkite.com/docs/pipelines/integrations/observability/amazon-eventbridge#events-job-finished)** > > These types of events may contain a signal\_reason field value. | The Amazon EventBridge notification service in Buildkite lets you stream events in real-time from your Buildkite account to your AWS account. ---
**Author:** ![Micheal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/micheal/32/1588_2.png) [@Micheal](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/Micheal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/amazon-eventbridge-add-env-and-meta-data-properties/4609/2 "2026-06-23T19:10:58Z")
Hello 👋 I have raised this with the product team to review further for you. In the meantime, please can you provide more context on how the absence of the `env` and `meta_data` properties is currently impacting your workflow. Overall just looking for more context on this and its impact on your end so we can add to the review. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Micheal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/micheal/32/1588_2.png) [@Micheal](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/Micheal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/amazon-eventbridge-add-env-and-meta-data-properties/4609/3 "2026-06-23T19:37:53Z")
Also wanted to add here that Eventbridge had size limits on payloads, and a large `env` or `meta-data` object could exceed those limits and cause problems. However, I believe these limits have been recently updated on the AWS side so will also review that point on our end. ---
**Author:** ![kuri-benchling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@kuri-benchling](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/kuri-benchling)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/amazon-eventbridge-add-env-and-meta-data-properties/4609/4 "2026-06-23T21:33:26Z")
We store some custom info related to our builds in env/meta\_data that is used for dashboards/alerts. If we have many concurrent builds calling the Buildkite API to get info (env/meta\_data) not present in the event payload, we can hit the API limit. ---
**Author:** ![benmc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/benmc/32/1159_2.png) [@benmc](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/benmc)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/amazon-eventbridge-add-env-and-meta-data-properties/4609/5 "2026-06-23T22:04:53Z")
Hey @kuri-benchling 👋 that’s interesting, how often are you seeing issues with API rate limiting? I’d be keen on taking a look more in to this for you, so if you’d like to email instead so that we can look at specific builds then you’re welcome to at [support@buildkite.com](mailto:support@buildkite.com) As mentioned above, there are limits on the payload we can provide via EventBridge, so we’d likely face issues in providing both `env` and `metadata` via those events. I’m wondering if there might be alternatives we can look at here, or what kind of API volume we’re looking at; this isn’t something we’ve seen much issue with in the past. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![kuri-benchling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@kuri-benchling](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/kuri-benchling)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/amazon-eventbridge-add-env-and-meta-data-properties/4609/6 "2026-06-25T14:36:46Z")
We were hitting API rate limit daily. We have change our process to call the API retrieving `env` and `metadata`for only events that we need. It seems to be fine now - we don’t hit the rate limit any more. I understand about EventBridge payload limits - it is valid concern. We can close this issue.