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title: Subscriptions
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Subscriptions allow you to follow specific entities in InfraKitchen and receive notifications when events occur on them. When you subscribe to a resource, any activity on that resource — provisioning, updates, destruction — can trigger a notification delivered through your configured channels.
## Overview
A **Subscription** ties a user to an entity. InfraKitchen checks subscriptions every time an event occurs to determine who should be notified. Subscriptions are scoped to a single entity and are independent of notification preferences — you need both to receive a notification.
:::tip[Subscriptions and Preferences work together]
Subscribing to an entity is necessary but not sufficient. You also need a [Notification Preference](/infrakitchen/operations/notifications/preferences) that covers the event type. Without a matching preference, no notification is sent even if you are subscribed.
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## Viewing Your Subscriptions
Navigate to your **User Profile** and scroll to the **User Subscriptions** card. The table lists all entities you are currently subscribed to, with the entity link and subscription date.
## Subscribing to a Resource
Subscribe to a resource directly from the resource page:
1. **Open the resource**
Navigate to the resource you want to follow.
2. **Click the Subscribe button**
Click the Subscribe (bell) button in the resource header. A popover appears with subscription options.
3. **Optionally include child resources**
Check **Include child resources** to also subscribe to all resources nested under this resource.
4. **Confirm**
Click Confirm to subscribe.
After subscribing, the bell icon becomes active to indicate you are following the resource.
## Subscribing with Child Inheritance
When you check **Include child resources** before confirming:
- InfraKitchen subscribes you to the selected resource **and** all of its child resources in one operation.
- This is useful when you want visibility into an entire subtree (e.g., a project and all resources beneath it) without manually subscribing to each one.
## Unsubscribing from a Resource
1. **Open the resource**
Navigate to the resource page.
2. **Click the Unsubscribe button**
Click the active Unsubscribe (bell) button. The same popover appears.
3. **Optionally include child resources**
Check **Include child resources** to remove all child subscriptions at once.
4. **Confirm**
Click Confirm.
## Deleting a Subscription from Your Profile
To remove an individual subscription, navigate to your **User Profile** → **User Subscriptions** card and click Delete next to the subscription.
## Viewing Resource Subscribers (Platform Engineers)
Platform engineers can see who is subscribed to a specific resource: open the resource, click the Activity button, and open the **Subscribers** tab. It lists all users subscribed to that resource, including their subscription date.
## Subscription Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| **Entity Type** | The type of entity being followed (e.g., `resource`) |
| **Entity ID** | The unique identifier of the subscribed entity |
| **User** | The user who owns this subscription |
| **Created At** | When the subscription was created |