diff --git a/decnet/cli/__init__.py b/decnet/cli/__init__.py
index c51e7c25..1f7829dd 100644
--- a/decnet/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/decnet/cli/__init__.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from . import (
     topology,
     updater,
     web,
+    webhook,
     workers,
 )
 from .gating import _gate_commands_by_mode
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ for _mod in (
     swarm,
     deploy, lifecycle, workers, inventory,
     web, profiler, sniffer, db,
-    topology, bus, geoip, init,
+    topology, bus, geoip, init, webhook,
 ):
     _mod.register(app)
 
diff --git a/decnet/cli/gating.py b/decnet/cli/gating.py
index a685cc6b..2b36236a 100644
--- a/decnet/cli/gating.py
+++ b/decnet/cli/gating.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ MASTER_ONLY_COMMANDS: frozenset[str] = frozenset({
     "api", "swarmctl", "deploy", "redeploy", "teardown",
     "mutate", "listener", "profiler",
     "services", "distros", "correlate", "archetypes", "web",
-    "db-reset", "init",
+    "db-reset", "init", "webhook",
 })
 MASTER_ONLY_GROUPS: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"swarm", "topology", "geoip"})
 
diff --git a/decnet/cli/webhook.py b/decnet/cli/webhook.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e01a4586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decnet/cli/webhook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import typer
+
+from . import utils as _utils
+from .utils import console, log
+
+
+def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
+    @app.command(name="webhook")
+    def webhook_cmd(
+        daemon: bool = typer.Option(
+            False, "--daemon", "-d", help="Detach to background as a daemon process"
+        ),
+    ) -> None:
+        """Run the webhook dispatcher — bus consumer → external HTTP egress."""
+        import asyncio
+        from decnet.web.dependencies import repo
+        from decnet.webhook import webhook_worker
+
+        if daemon:
+            log.info("webhook daemonizing")
+            _utils._daemonize()
+
+        log.info("webhook starting")
+        console.print("[bold cyan]Webhook dispatcher starting[/]")
+
+        async def _run() -> None:
+            await repo.initialize()
+            await webhook_worker(repo)
+
+        try:
+            asyncio.run(_run())
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            console.print("\n[yellow]Webhook worker stopped.[/]")
diff --git a/decnet/webhook/__init__.py b/decnet/webhook/__init__.py
index 51d405a4..a70e6632 100644
--- a/decnet/webhook/__init__.py
+++ b/decnet/webhook/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 """External webhook egress — ship bus events to SIEM/SOAR stacks."""
+from decnet.webhook.worker import webhook_worker
+
+__all__ = ["webhook_worker"]
diff --git a/decnet/webhook/worker.py b/decnet/webhook/worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcdf94eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decnet/webhook/worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+"""Webhook dispatcher — bus consumer → HTTP egress.
+
+Spawns one asyncio task per (subscription, pattern) pair. Each task
+subscribes to the bus, iterates matching events, and POSTs them via
+`decnet.webhook.client.deliver`. Reloads on `WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIPTIONS_CHANGED`
+bus signals and as a slow fallback so a dropped signal costs latency,
+not correctness.
+
+One-task-per-pair is deliberately dumb: cancellation propagates cleanly,
+and the bus's own trie does the actual pattern matching — no in-memory
+filter logic to maintain. Scales fine up to thousands of subs; if that
+ever breaks down we collapse to one task per distinct pattern and add
+in-memory dispatch.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import json
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any
+
+import httpx
+
+from decnet.bus.factory import get_bus
+from decnet.bus.publish import run_control_listener, run_health_heartbeat
+from decnet.bus import topics as _topics
+from decnet.logging import get_logger
+from decnet.web.db.repository import BaseRepository
+from decnet.webhook.client import deliver
+
+logger = get_logger("webhook_worker")
+
+
+_RELOAD_FALLBACK_SECS = 60.0
+# Max parallel HTTP egress — one global semaphore keeps the process's
+# outbound footprint bounded regardless of event volume.
+_EGRESS_CONCURRENCY = 10
+
+
+def _patterns_for(sub: dict[str, Any]) -> list[str]:
+    raw = sub.get("topic_patterns") or "[]"
+    try:
+        return [p for p in json.loads(raw) if isinstance(p, str)]
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return []
+
+
+def _union_patterns(subs: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[str]:
+    """Dedup patterns across all subs, preserving first-occurrence order."""
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    out: list[str] = []
+    for sub in subs:
+        for p in _patterns_for(sub):
+            if p not in seen:
+                seen.add(p)
+                out.append(p)
+    return out
+
+
+async def webhook_worker(
+    repo: BaseRepository,
+    *,
+    reload_interval: float = _RELOAD_FALLBACK_SECS,
+    http_client: httpx.AsyncClient | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    """Main entry — connect bus, spawn per-subscription delivery tasks,
+    reload on signal."""
+    logger.info("webhook worker started")
+
+    bus = None
+    try:
+        bus = get_bus(client_name="webhook")
+        await bus.connect()
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — bus is optional (DEBT-031)
+        logger.warning("webhook: bus unavailable, running in idle mode: %s", exc)
+        bus = None
+
+    shutdown = asyncio.Event()
+    reload_flag = asyncio.Event()
+
+    heartbeat_task = (
+        asyncio.create_task(run_health_heartbeat(bus, "webhook"))
+        if bus is not None else None
+    )
+    control_task = (
+        asyncio.create_task(run_control_listener(bus, "webhook", shutdown))
+        if bus is not None else None
+    )
+    reload_task = (
+        asyncio.create_task(_reload_listener(bus, reload_flag, shutdown))
+        if bus is not None else None
+    )
+
+    owns_http = http_client is None
+    if owns_http:
+        http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=10.0)
+
+    semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(_EGRESS_CONCURRENCY)
+    consumer_tasks: list[asyncio.Task] = []
+
+    try:
+        while not shutdown.is_set():
+            # Cancel prior epoch's consumers before starting new ones.
+            await _cancel_all(consumer_tasks)
+            consumer_tasks.clear()
+
+            subs = await repo.list_webhook_subscriptions(enabled_only=True)
+
+            if bus is not None:
+                for sub in subs:
+                    for pattern in _patterns_for(sub):
+                        consumer_tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(
+                            _consume(
+                                bus, pattern, sub, repo, http_client, semaphore
+                            )
+                        ))
+
+            # Wait for reload OR timer fallback. Shutdown propagates via
+            # CancelledError when the outer task is cancelled — no explicit
+            # race required because `await` points are cancellation-safe.
+            with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.TimeoutError):
+                await asyncio.wait_for(
+                    reload_flag.wait(), timeout=reload_interval
+                )
+            reload_flag.clear()
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        shutdown.set()
+        raise
+    finally:
+        await _cancel_all(consumer_tasks)
+        for t in (heartbeat_task, control_task, reload_task):
+            if t is not None:
+                t.cancel()
+        for t in (heartbeat_task, control_task, reload_task):
+            if t is not None:
+                with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
+                    await t
+        if bus is not None:
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                await bus.close()
+        if owns_http and http_client is not None:
+            await http_client.aclose()
+
+
+async def _cancel_all(tasks: list[asyncio.Task]) -> None:
+    for t in tasks:
+        if not t.done():
+            t.cancel()
+    for t in tasks:
+        with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
+            await t
+
+
+async def _consume(
+    bus,
+    pattern: str,
+    sub: dict[str, Any],
+    repo: BaseRepository,
+    http_client: httpx.AsyncClient,
+    semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore,
+) -> None:
+    """Subscribe to one pattern and dispatch events to one webhook."""
+    try:
+        subscription = bus.subscribe(pattern)
+        async with subscription:
+            async for event in subscription:
+                asyncio.create_task(
+                    _dispatch_one(repo, http_client, semaphore, sub, event)
+                )
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        raise
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning(
+            "webhook: consumer crashed sub=%s pattern=%s err=%s",
+            sub.get("name"), pattern, exc,
+        )
+
+
+async def _dispatch_one(
+    repo: BaseRepository,
+    http_client: httpx.AsyncClient,
+    semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore,
+    sub: dict[str, Any],
+    event: Any,
+) -> None:
+    async with semaphore:
+        try:
+            result = await deliver(sub, event, client=http_client)
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+            logger.exception(
+                "webhook: deliver raised for sub=%s topic=%s: %s",
+                sub.get("uuid"), getattr(event, "topic", ""), exc,
+            )
+            await _safe_record_failure(repo, sub["uuid"], f"internal: {exc}")
+            return
+
+        now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+        if result.ok:
+            await _safe_record_success(repo, sub["uuid"], now)
+        else:
+            logger.warning(
+                "webhook: delivery failed sub=%s topic=%s status=%s err=%s",
+                sub.get("name"), getattr(event, "topic", ""),
+                result.status_code, result.error,
+            )
+            await _safe_record_failure(
+                repo, sub["uuid"], result.error or "unknown"
+            )
+
+
+async def _safe_record_success(
+    repo: BaseRepository, uuid: str, ts: datetime
+) -> None:
+    try:
+        await repo.record_webhook_success(uuid, ts)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("webhook: record_success failed: %s", exc)
+
+
+async def _safe_record_failure(
+    repo: BaseRepository, uuid: str, error: str
+) -> None:
+    try:
+        await repo.record_webhook_failure(
+            uuid, datetime.now(timezone.utc), error
+        )
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("webhook: record_failure failed: %s", exc)
+
+
+async def _reload_listener(
+    bus, reload_flag: asyncio.Event, shutdown: asyncio.Event
+) -> None:
+    """Set `reload_flag` on every WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIPTIONS_CHANGED signal."""
+    try:
+        sub = bus.subscribe(_topics.WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIPTIONS_CHANGED)
+        async with sub:
+            async for _event in sub:
+                if shutdown.is_set():
+                    return
+                reload_flag.set()
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        raise
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning(
+            "webhook: reload listener crashed, fallback timer only: %s", exc
+        )
diff --git a/deploy/decnet-webhook.service.j2 b/deploy/decnet-webhook.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02bf488c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/decnet-webhook.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=DECNET Webhook Dispatcher (external SIEM/SOAR egress)
+Documentation=https://git.resacachile.cl/anti/DECNET/wiki/Workers#webhook
+After=network-online.target decnet-bus.service decnet-api.service
+Wants=network-online.target decnet-bus.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User={{ user }}
+Group={{ group }}
+WorkingDirectory={{ install_dir }}
+EnvironmentFile=-{{ install_dir }}/.env.local
+Environment=DECNET_SYSTEM_LOGS=/var/log/decnet/decnet.webhook.log
+ExecStart={{ venv_dir }}/bin/decnet webhook
+StandardOutput=append:/var/log/decnet/decnet.webhook.log
+StandardError=append:/var/log/decnet/decnet.webhook.log
+
+CapabilityBoundingSet=
+AmbientCapabilities=
+
+# Security Hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=full
+ProtectHome=read-only
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
+LockPersonality=yes
+ReadWritePaths={{ install_dir }} /var/log/decnet
+
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+TimeoutStopSec=15
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/deploy/decnet.target b/deploy/decnet.target
index 950e4697..7e25a177 100644
--- a/deploy/decnet.target
+++ b/deploy/decnet.target
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Wants=decnet-bus.service \
       decnet-profiler.service \
       decnet-sniffer.service \
       decnet-prober.service \
-      decnet-mutator.service
+      decnet-mutator.service \
+      decnet-webhook.service
 After=decnet-bus.service
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/tests/webhook/conftest.py b/tests/webhook/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04e15dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/webhook/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Shared fixtures for webhook worker tests."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import AsyncIterator
+
+import pytest_asyncio
+
+from decnet.bus.fake import FakeBus
+
+
+@pytest_asyncio.fixture
+async def fake_bus() -> AsyncIterator[FakeBus]:
+    bus = FakeBus()
+    await bus.connect()
+    try:
+        yield bus
+    finally:
+        await bus.close()
diff --git a/tests/webhook/test_worker.py b/tests/webhook/test_worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35c1e924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/webhook/test_worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+"""Webhook worker — bus consumer → HTTP egress integration test."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from decnet.bus import topics as _topics
+from decnet.webhook.worker import (
+    _patterns_for,
+    _union_patterns,
+    webhook_worker,
+)
+
+
+def _sub(
+    uuid: str,
+    name: str,
+    patterns: list[str],
+    *,
+    url: str = "https://w.example/x",
+    secret: str = "s" * 32,
+    enabled: bool = True,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return {
+        "uuid": uuid,
+        "name": name,
+        "url": url,
+        "secret": secret,
+        "topic_patterns": json.dumps(patterns),
+        "enabled": enabled,
+        "consecutive_failures": 0,
+        "last_success_at": None,
+        "last_failure_at": None,
+        "last_error": None,
+        "created_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        "updated_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+    }
+
+
+class _FakeRepo:
+    def __init__(self, subs: list[dict[str, Any]]):
+        self.subs = subs
+        self.success_calls: list[str] = []
+        self.failure_calls: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
+
+    async def list_webhook_subscriptions(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        return [s for s in self.subs if s["enabled"]] if enabled_only else list(self.subs)
+
+    async def record_webhook_success(self, uuid: str, ts: datetime) -> None:
+        self.success_calls.append(uuid)
+
+    async def record_webhook_failure(self, uuid: str, ts: datetime, error: str) -> None:
+        self.failure_calls.append((uuid, error))
+
+
+def test_patterns_for_decodes_json():
+    assert _patterns_for(
+        {"topic_patterns": json.dumps(["attacker.>", "decky.*.state"])}
+    ) == ["attacker.>", "decky.*.state"]
+
+
+def test_patterns_for_bad_json_returns_empty():
+    assert _patterns_for({"topic_patterns": "not-json"}) == []
+
+
+def test_union_patterns_dedupes_across_subs():
+    s1 = _sub("u1", "w1", ["attacker.>", "system.>"])
+    s2 = _sub("u2", "w2", ["system.>", "decky.*.state"])
+    assert _union_patterns([s1, s2]) == ["attacker.>", "system.>", "decky.*.state"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_worker_dispatches_matching_event(fake_bus):
+    """A bus event matching a sub's pattern should produce an HTTP POST."""
+    sub = _sub("u1", "w1", ["attacker.>"])
+    repo = _FakeRepo([sub])
+    captured: list[httpx.Request] = []
+
+    async def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        captured.append(request)
+        return httpx.Response(200)
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler)) as client:
+        with patch("decnet.webhook.worker.get_bus", return_value=fake_bus):
+            task = asyncio.create_task(
+                webhook_worker(repo, reload_interval=0.5, http_client=client)
+            )
+            # Give the worker a moment to subscribe.
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
+
+            await fake_bus.publish(
+                "attacker.observed",
+                {"ip": "1.2.3.4"},
+                event_type="first_sighting",
+            )
+            # Poll briefly for delivery.
+            for _ in range(40):
+                if captured:
+                    break
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+            task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+
+    assert len(captured) == 1
+    req = captured[0]
+    assert req.headers.get("X-DECNET-Signature", "").startswith("sha256=")
+    assert "attacker.observed" in req.headers.get("X-DECNET-Event-Topic", "")
+    assert repo.success_calls == ["u1"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_worker_ignores_non_matching_event(fake_bus):
+    """An event outside the sub's pattern must not trigger a POST."""
+    sub = _sub("u1", "w1", ["attacker.>"])
+    repo = _FakeRepo([sub])
+    captured: list[httpx.Request] = []
+
+    async def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        captured.append(request)
+        return httpx.Response(200)
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler)) as client:
+        with patch("decnet.webhook.worker.get_bus", return_value=fake_bus):
+            task = asyncio.create_task(
+                webhook_worker(repo, reload_interval=0.5, http_client=client)
+            )
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
+            # system.log is NOT in attacker.>
+            await fake_bus.publish(
+                "system.log",
+                {"m": "irrelevant"},
+                event_type="batch_committed",
+            )
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
+
+            task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+
+    assert captured == []
+    assert repo.success_calls == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_worker_records_failure_on_5xx(fake_bus, monkeypatch):
+    sub = _sub("u1", "w1", ["attacker.>"])
+    repo = _FakeRepo([sub])
+
+    # Collapse the retry schedule to zero-delay so the test doesn't wait
+    # the real 1+2+4s backoff sequence.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "decnet.webhook.client._DEFAULT_RETRY_SCHEDULE", (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+    )
+
+    async def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        return httpx.Response(503)
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler)) as client:
+        with patch("decnet.webhook.worker.get_bus", return_value=fake_bus):
+            task = asyncio.create_task(
+                webhook_worker(repo, reload_interval=0.5, http_client=client)
+            )
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
+            await fake_bus.publish(
+                "attacker.observed", {"ip": "1.2.3.4"}, event_type="x"
+            )
+            for _ in range(80):
+                if repo.failure_calls:
+                    break
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+            task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+
+    assert repo.failure_calls
+    assert repo.failure_calls[0][0] == "u1"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_worker_reloads_on_subscriptions_changed_signal(fake_bus):
+    """A newly-enabled sub that arrives via the reload-signal path must
+    start receiving events without a worker restart."""
+    subs = [_sub("u1", "w1", ["attacker.>"])]
+    repo = _FakeRepo(subs)
+    captured: list[httpx.Request] = []
+
+    async def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        captured.append(request)
+        return httpx.Response(200)
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler)) as client:
+        with patch("decnet.webhook.worker.get_bus", return_value=fake_bus):
+            task = asyncio.create_task(
+                webhook_worker(repo, reload_interval=60.0, http_client=client)
+            )
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
+
+            # Hot-add a sub that wants system.>
+            subs.append(_sub("u2", "w2", ["system.>"]))
+            await fake_bus.publish(
+                _topics.WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIPTIONS_CHANGED, {}, event_type="changed"
+            )
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.3)  # let worker reload + resubscribe
+
+            await fake_bus.publish(
+                "system.log", {"m": "hi"}, event_type="batch_committed"
+            )
+            for _ in range(80):
+                if captured:
+                    break
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+            task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+
+    # The new sub (u2) should have received the system.log event.
+    assert len(captured) == 1
+    assert "system.log" in captured[0].headers.get("X-DECNET-Event-Topic", "")