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# Artifact and asset events

> Events emitted when artifacts are created or updated and when assets are referenced or materialized.

Artifact events track artifact creation and updates. Asset events track data
lineage through upstream references and downstream materializations.

## Artifact events

### `prefect.artifact.created`

Emitted when a new artifact is created.

#### Resource

| Label                   | Description               |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `prefect.resource.id`   | `prefect.artifact.{uuid}` |
| `prefect.resource.name` | Artifact key (when set)   |

#### Related resources

This event has no related resources.

#### Payload

| Field         | Type           | Description                                                           |
| ------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `key`         | string or null | Artifact key                                                          |
| `type`        | string or null | Artifact type (for example, `markdown`, `table`, `progress`, `image`) |
| `description` | string or null | Artifact description                                                  |

### `prefect.artifact.updated`

Emitted when an existing artifact is updated.

#### Resource

| Label                 | Description               |
| --------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `prefect.resource.id` | `prefect.artifact.{uuid}` |

#### Related resources

This event has no related resources.

#### Payload

The payload contains the fields that were updated, serialized from the update
model. Common fields include `data`, `description`, and `type`.

## Asset events

For more on assets and data lineage, see [Assets](/v3/concepts/assets).

### `prefect.asset.referenced`

Emitted for each upstream asset referenced during a task execution. One event is
emitted per upstream asset.

#### Resource

| Label                       | Description                                                                     |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `prefect.resource.id`       | Asset key (the unique identifier for the asset, for example `s3://bucket/path`) |
| `prefect.resource.name`     | Asset name (when set via asset properties)                                      |
| `prefect.asset.description` | Asset description (when set)                                                    |
| `prefect.asset.url`         | Asset URL (when set)                                                            |
| `prefect.asset.owners`      | JSON-encoded list of asset owners (when set)                                    |

#### Related resources

This event has no related resources.

#### Payload

This event has no payload.

### `prefect.asset.materialization.succeeded`

Emitted when a downstream asset is successfully materialized (the task that
produces it completes).

#### Resource

Same labels as [`prefect.asset.referenced`](#prefectassetreferenced).

#### Related resources

| Resource ID pattern        | Role                    | When present                                             |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Asset key                  | `asset`                 | One entry per upstream asset (both direct and inherited) |
| Materialized-by identifier | `asset-materialized-by` | When a `materialized_by` identifier was specified        |

#### Payload

User-provided materialization metadata, if any was supplied via the asset's
`materialization_metadata` parameter. This is an open-ended dictionary.

### `prefect.asset.materialization.failed`

Emitted when a downstream asset fails to materialize (the task that produces it
fails). Same structure as
[`prefect.asset.materialization.succeeded`](#prefectassetmaterializationsucceeded).

#### Resource

Same labels as [`prefect.asset.referenced`](#prefectassetreferenced).

#### Related resources

Same as [`prefect.asset.materialization.succeeded`](#prefectassetmaterializationsucceeded).

#### Payload

Same as [`prefect.asset.materialization.succeeded`](#prefectassetmaterializationsucceeded).


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