diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ad9f0d84..298c0875 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 0perl <444065+0perl@users.noreply.github.com>
+Dan Cropp <dcropp@amtelco.com>
 Danil Matyukhin <postrg@gmail.com>
 JAF <baldrailers@gmail.com>
 Laurel Lawson <llawson@gmail.com>
diff --git a/bridge.go b/bridge.go
index 6ce61352..8a0f2778 100644
--- a/bridge.go
+++ b/bridge.go
@@ -66,13 +66,16 @@ type BridgeData struct {
 	// Key is the cluster-unique identifier for this bridge
 	Key *Key `json:"key"`
 
-	ID         string   `json:"id"`           // Unique Id for this bridge
-	Class      string   `json:"bridge_class"` // Class of the bridge
-	Type       string   `json:"bridge_type"`  // Type of bridge (mixing, holding, dtmf_events, proxy_media)
-	ChannelIDs []string `json:"channels"`     // List of pariticipating channel ids
-	Creator    string   `json:"creator"`      // Creating entity of the bridge
-	Name       string   `json:"name"`         // The name of the bridge
-	Technology string   `json:"technology"`   // Name of the bridging technology
+	ID            string   `json:"id"`              // Unique Id for this bridge
+	Class         string   `json:"bridge_class"`    // Class of the bridge
+	Type          string   `json:"bridge_type"`     // Type of bridge (mixing, holding, dtmf_events, proxy_media)
+	ChannelIDs    []string `json:"channels"`        // List of pariticipating channel ids
+	Creator       string   `json:"creator"`         // Creating entity of the bridge
+	Name          string   `json:"name"`            // The name of the bridge
+	Technology    string   `json:"technology"`      // Name of the bridging technology
+	CreationTime  string   `json:"creationtime"`    // Creation Time
+	VideoMode     string   `json:"video_mode"`      // Video mode the bridge is using. (none, talker, sfu, single)
+	VideoSourceID string   `json:"video_source_id"` // The ID of the channel that is the source of video in this bridge, if one exists.
 }
 
 // BridgeAddChannelOptions describes additional options to be applied to a channel when it is joined to a bridge
diff --git a/client/native/client.go b/client/native/client.go
index 166f3a36..dba933d8 100644
--- a/client/native/client.go
+++ b/client/native/client.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ type Options struct {
 
 	// Logger provides a logger which should be used for this client.
 	Logger *slog.Logger
+
+	// buffered channel for sending Connection Up (true) or Down (false) messages to the caller
+	ChanMsgConnected chan bool
 }
 
 // ConnectWithContext creates and connects a new Client to Asterisk ARI.
@@ -191,7 +194,14 @@ func (c *Client) Close() {
 		c.cancel()
 	}
 
-	c.connected = false
+	if c.connected {
+		c.connected = false
+		if c.Options.ChanMsgConnected != nil {
+			c.Options.ChanMsgConnected <- false
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.Options.ChanMsgConnected = nil
 }
 
 // Application returns the ARI Application accessors for this client
@@ -375,6 +385,9 @@ func (c *Client) listen(ctx context.Context, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 
 		// We are connected
 		c.connected = true
+		if c.Options.ChanMsgConnected != nil {
+			c.Options.ChanMsgConnected <- true
+		}
 
 		// Signal that we are connected (the first time only)
 		if wg != nil {
@@ -387,13 +400,23 @@ func (c *Client) listen(ctx context.Context, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 		case err = <-c.wsRead(ws):
 			c.Options.Logger.Error("read failure on websocket", "error", err)
 
-			c.connected = false
+			if c.connected {
+				c.connected = false
+				if c.Options.ChanMsgConnected != nil {
+					c.Options.ChanMsgConnected <- false
+				}
+			}
 
 			time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
 		}
 
 		// Make sure our websocket connection is closed before looping
-		c.connected = false
+		if c.connected {
+			c.connected = false
+			if c.Options.ChanMsgConnected != nil {
+				c.Options.ChanMsgConnected <- false
+			}
+		}
 
 		err = ws.Close()
 		if err != nil {