benecaster_license_hard_limit_reached
Fires after 30 consecutive days of license server unreachability. At this point the plugin enters degraded mode: premium features are restricted, new token generation is blocked, and a non-dismissible banner appears in all Benecaster admin screens. Existing subscriber feeds continue to work — degradation is fail-open, not an immediate revocation. The restriction lifts automatically on the next successful validation.
This hook also fires on each subsequent failure day after the 30-day threshold has been crossed, not only on the crossing day itself.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
$failure_days |
int |
— | Cumulative consecutive days of validation failure (always ≥ 30 when this hook fires) |
Examples
Send critical PagerDuty alert on day 30 only
add_action( 'benecaster_license_hard_limit_reached', function( int $failure_days ): void {
if ( $failure_days !== 30 ) {
return; // Only alert on the exact day of the limit crossing
}
wp_remote_post( MY_PAGERDUTY_WEBHOOK, [
'body' => json_encode([
'summary' => sprintf(
'CRITICAL: Benecaster premium features restricted on %s — license server unreachable for 30 days.',
home_url()
),
'severity' => 'critical',
]),
'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' ],
] );
} );Notes
This hook fires on day 30 and again on each subsequent failure day. Check $failure_days === 30 inside your callback to react only on the threshold-crossing day. Distinct from benecaster_validation_failure, which fires on every unreachable day from day 1. Related: benecaster_license_validated fires when the server becomes reachable again and the failure counter resets, lifting the premium restriction.