Custodial wallet webhooks

Privy emits webhooks for custodial wallet events, enabling your app to stay synchronized with wallet state and transfer lifecycle. Custodial wallets support both balance and transfer webhooks.

Webhooks can be tested at no cost in development environments. To enable webhooks in production, upgrade to the Enterprise plan in the Privy Dashboard.

Transfer events

When you initiate a transfer from a custodial wallet via /transfer, Privy emits wallet action webhooks as the transfer progresses through its lifecycle:

Event	Description
`wallet_action.transfer.created`	The transfer action has been created and submitted to the custodian for review.
`wallet_action.transfer.succeeded`	The transfer has been confirmed on-chain.
`wallet_action.transfer.rejected`	The transfer was rejected by the custodian during compliance review.
`wallet_action.transfer.failed`	The transfer failed after being initiated on-chain.

The webhook payload contains the full wallet action response, including the transfer details (source asset, amount, chain, destination address) and the current status. See the wallet action webhooks documentation for payload structure and setup instructions.

Balance events

You can subscribe to balance change events when funds are deposited or withdrawn via webhooks. For complete details on balance webhook events, payloads, and setup, see the balance event webhooks documentation.

If the deposit is an outcome of orchestration via a known provider (e.g. onramp, a refund from a failed offramp attempt, or indirect deposit from another crypto wallet), the wallet.funds_deposited webhook payload would include an additional bridge_metadata field with orchestration details:

Hide bridge_metadata attributes

'virtual_account' | 'liquidation_address' | 'transfer'

required

Method used to orchestrate the deposit.

'fiat_deposit' | 'crypto_deposit' | 'refund'

required

Type of the orchestration. fiat_deposit for onramp from fiat, crypto_deposit for deposit from crypto, and refund for a refund from a failed offramp attempt.

string

ID of the activity that caused the deposit. Only applicable when method is virtual_account.

string

ID of the transfer that caused the deposit. Only applicable when method is transfer.

string

ID of the liquidation address that caused the deposit. Only applicable when method is liquidation_address.

string

ID of the drain event of the deposit. Only applicable when method is liquidation_address.

string

Address of the source wallet that initiated the deposit. Only applicable when method is transfer or liquidation_address.

string

Hash of the original transaction that caused the offramp attempt. Only applicable when type is refund.

string

ID of the virtual account that caused the deposit. Only applicable when method is virtual_account.

Example: Onramp from fiat deposit via virtual account

{
  "event": "wallet.funds_deposited",
  "data": {
    "amount": "2340000",
    "asset": {
      "address": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "type": "erc20"
    },
    "bridge_metadata": {
      "activity_id": "dbd8b3ce-b7cc-4bc9-8e99-adf8defbb25d",
      "method": "virtual_account",
      "type": "fiat_deposit",
      "virtual_account_id": "bf187db1-1bd5-4716-81d3-e51b01e3637d"
    }
  }
  ...
}

Next steps

Wallet action webhooks

Complete guide to wallet action lifecycle webhooks

Funding

Complete guide to using Bridge to onramp and offramp funds from your Privy custodial wallets

Balance event webhooks

Complete guide to balance change webhooks

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