diff --git a/Documentation.md b/Documentation.md
index 7c675f6..f745d96 100644
--- a/Documentation.md
+++ b/Documentation.md
@@ -597,6 +597,16 @@ await sc.ready();
 //name it anything, but it must be a unique name on the server currently, otherwise you get an error msg 
 await sc.IdentifySelf(`Main ${new Date().toISOString()}`);
 ```
+There is also a server hook for being notified of a client identifying itself, bcs this turns out to be very convenient in code:
+```ts
+//server code
+socserv.RegisterLifecycleHookHandler('identify', (caller_client: SocioSession, name:string) => {
+  // name is the new name this caller_client has been assigned.
+  // this only gets called if the identification was successful.
+  // the client session name property has already been set
+  // return void
+})
+```
 
 ##### Network Discovery
 Enable it on the server:
diff --git a/core/core-server.ts b/core/core-server.ts
index c8db222..c56ed96 100644
--- a/core/core-server.ts
+++ b/core/core-server.ts
@@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ export class SocioServer extends LogHandler {
                             client.Send(ClientMessageKind.RES, { id: data.id, result: { success: 0, error: 'A session already has this name!' } });
                         }else{
                             client.name = name;
+
+                            if (this.#lifecycle_hooks?.identify)
+                                this.#lifecycle_hooks.identify(client, name);
+
                             client.Send(ClientMessageKind.RES, { id: data.id, result: { success: 1 } });
                         }
 
diff --git a/core/package-lock.json b/core/package-lock.json
index 2ae0656..16fcaa3 100644
--- a/core/package-lock.json
+++ b/core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "socio",
-  "version": "1.11.0",
+  "version": "1.11.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "socio",
-      "version": "1.11.0",
+      "version": "1.11.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/core/package.json b/core/package.json
index d9e5d20..33196d7 100644
--- a/core/package.json
+++ b/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "socio",
-  "version": "1.11.0",
+  "version": "1.11.1",
   "description": "A WebSocket Real-Time Communication (RTC) API framework.",
   "main": "./dist/core.js",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/core/types.d.ts b/core/types.d.ts
index 575a27d..6c8dbd7 100644
--- a/core/types.d.ts
+++ b/core/types.d.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,26 @@ export type SessionOpts = { session_timeout_ttl_ms: number, max_payload_size?: n
 export type ClientSubscribeOpts = { sql?: string, endpoint?: string, params?: object | null };
 
 //server hook functions
-export type ServerLifecycleHooks = { con?: Con_Hook, discon?: Discon_Hook, msg?: Msg_Hook, sub?: Sub_Hook, unsub?: Unsub_Hook, upd?: Upd_Hook, auth?: Auth_Hook, gen_client_id?: GenCLientID_Hook, grant_perm?: GrantPerm_Hook, serv?: Serv_Hook, admin?: Admin_Hook, blob?: Blob_Hook, file_upload?: FileUpload_Hook, file_download?: FileDownload_Hook, endpoint?: Endpoint_Hook, gen_prop_name?: Gen_Prop_Name_Hook, discovery?: Discovery_Hook };
+export type ServerLifecycleHooks = { 
+    con?: Con_Hook, 
+    discon?: Discon_Hook, 
+    msg?: Msg_Hook, 
+    sub?: Sub_Hook, 
+    unsub?: Unsub_Hook, 
+    upd?: Upd_Hook, 
+    auth?: Auth_Hook, 
+    gen_client_id?: GenCLientID_Hook, 
+    grant_perm?: GrantPerm_Hook, 
+    serv?: Serv_Hook, 
+    admin?: Admin_Hook, 
+    blob?: Blob_Hook, 
+    file_upload?: FileUpload_Hook, 
+    file_download?: FileDownload_Hook, 
+    endpoint?: Endpoint_Hook, 
+    gen_prop_name?: Gen_Prop_Name_Hook, 
+    identify?: Identify_Hook, 
+    discovery?: Discovery_Hook 
+};
 export type GenCLientID_Hook = () => ClientID | Promise<ClientID>;
 export type Con_Hook = (caller_client: SocioSession, request: IncomingMessage) => void | Promise<void>;
 export type Discon_Hook = (caller_client: SocioSession) => void | Promise<void>;
@@ -45,6 +64,7 @@ export type FileDownload_Hook = (caller_client: SocioSession, data: any) => FS_U
 export type Upd_Hook = (sessions: Map<ClientID, SocioSession>, initiator: SocioSession, sql: string, params:object|null) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
 export type Endpoint_Hook = (caller_client: SocioSession, endpoint: string) => string | Promise<string>;
 export type Gen_Prop_Name_Hook = () => string | Promise<string>;
+export type Identify_Hook = (caller_client: SocioSession, name:string) => void;
 type discovery_resp_obj = { [client_id: string]: { name?: string, ip: string } };
 export type Discovery_Hook = (caller_client: SocioSession) => discovery_resp_obj | any;
 // export type _Hook = (client: SocioSession) => boolean;