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Webhook Payload - CI/CD Glossary Definition

Webhook Payload: A webhook payload is the JSON body sent with a webhook request describing the event: which repository, branch, commit SHA, and actor triggered it.

A webhook payload is the JSON body sent with a webhook request describing the event: which repository, branch, commit SHA, and actor triggered it.

The payload is what makes a webhook actionable. Your receiver parses it to decide whether to build, which ref to check out, and who to notify.

In CI

A GitHub push payload includes ref, after (the new SHA), and pusher. CI receivers read ref to skip builds for branches you do not care about, saving runner minutes.

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