Alerting-Trigger for Device Approvals

[niklaskeilholz-dittmeier]

Summary

Add a new Alerting trigger for pending device approvals so admins can be notified (via existing alert actions like email/webhook/etc.) whenever a user connects a new device that requires manual approval.

Motivation

When a user connects a new device with the Pangolin Client, the device goes into a pending state and requires an admin approval before it can be used.

That workflow is great from a security perspective, but operationally it’s easy to miss pending approvals unless an admin is actively watching the UI (Approvals feed / pending devices view). In practice, this can cause delays for users who are waiting for access.

Proposed Solution

Please extend Pangolin’s Alerting so that a pending device approval can be used as a trigger for an alert rule.

Examples of triggers that would be useful:

• “A new device approval is pending”
• (Optional) “Pending device approvals older than X minutes”
• (Optional) “Pending approvals count is above N”

It would help if the alert included some basic context, e.g.:

• user (email / username)
• device name + device fingerprint / device ID
• time of request
• role / org
• link to the approval page (deep link)

Alternatives Considered

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Additional Context

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