diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
index a9647b2c1..c216e905c 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         , bridges/0
         ]).
 
--export([on_message_received/2]).
+-export([on_message_received/3]).
 
 %% callbacks of behaviour emqx_resource
 -export([ on_start/2
@@ -105,14 +105,17 @@ drop_bridge(Name) ->
     case supervisor:terminate_child(?MODULE, Name) of
         ok ->
             supervisor:delete_child(?MODULE, Name);
+        {error, not_found} ->
+            ok;
         {error, Error} ->
             {error, Error}
     end.
 
 %% ===================================================================
-%% When use this bridge as a data source, ?MODULE:on_message_received/2 will be called
+%% When use this bridge as a data source, ?MODULE:on_message_received will be called
 %% if the bridge received msgs from the remote broker.
-on_message_received(Msg, HookPoint) ->
+on_message_received(Msg, HookPoint, InstId) ->
+    _ = emqx_resource:query(InstId, {message_received, Msg}),
     emqx:run_hook(HookPoint, [Msg]).
 
 %% ===================================================================
@@ -123,8 +126,8 @@ on_start(InstId, Conf) ->
     BasicConf = basic_config(Conf),
     BridgeConf = BasicConf#{
         name => InstanceId,
-        clientid => clientid(maps:get(clientid, Conf, InstId)),
-        subscriptions => make_sub_confs(maps:get(ingress, Conf, undefined)),
+        clientid => clientid(InstId),
+        subscriptions => make_sub_confs(maps:get(ingress, Conf, undefined), InstId),
         forwards => make_forward_confs(maps:get(egress, Conf, undefined))
     },
     case ?MODULE:create_bridge(BridgeConf) of
@@ -149,6 +152,9 @@ on_stop(_InstId, #{name := InstanceId}) ->
                 connector => InstanceId, reason => Reason})
     end.
 
+on_query(_InstId, {message_received, _Msg}, AfterQuery, _State) ->
+    emqx_resource:query_success(AfterQuery);
+
 on_query(_InstId, {send_message, Msg}, AfterQuery, #{name := InstanceId}) ->
     ?TRACE("QUERY", "send_msg_to_remote_node", #{message => Msg, connector => InstanceId}),
     emqx_connector_mqtt_worker:send_to_remote(InstanceId, Msg),
@@ -166,15 +172,15 @@ ensure_mqtt_worker_started(InstanceId) ->
         {error, Reason} -> {error, Reason}
     end.
 
-make_sub_confs(EmptyMap) when map_size(EmptyMap) == 0 ->
+make_sub_confs(EmptyMap, _) when map_size(EmptyMap) == 0 ->
     undefined;
-make_sub_confs(undefined) ->
+make_sub_confs(undefined, _) ->
     undefined;
-make_sub_confs(SubRemoteConf) ->
+make_sub_confs(SubRemoteConf, InstId) ->
     case maps:take(hookpoint, SubRemoteConf) of
         error -> SubRemoteConf;
         {HookPoint, SubConf} ->
-            MFA = {?MODULE, on_message_received, [HookPoint]},
+            MFA = {?MODULE, on_message_received, [HookPoint, InstId]},
             SubConf#{on_message_received => MFA}
     end.
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_mod.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_mod.erl
index 3ab410391..d7abcda84 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_mod.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_mod.erl
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ handle_publish(Msg, undefined) ->
 handle_publish(Msg, Vars) ->
     ?SLOG(debug, #{msg => "publish_to_local_broker",
                    message => Msg, vars => Vars}),
-    emqx_metrics:inc('bridge.mqtt.message_received_from_remote', 1),
     case Vars of
         #{on_message_received := {Mod, Func, Args}} ->
             _ = erlang:apply(Mod, Func, [Msg | Args]);
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_msg.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_msg.erl
index 1357037ee..a0dd9eec1 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_msg.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_msg.erl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ make_pub_vars(Mountpoint, Conf) when is_map(Conf) ->
         -> exp_msg().
 to_remote_msg(#message{flags = Flags0} = Msg, Vars) ->
     Retain0 = maps:get(retain, Flags0, false),
-    MapMsg = maps:put(retain, Retain0, emqx_message:to_map(Msg)),
+    MapMsg = maps:put(retain, Retain0, emqx_rule_events:eventmsg_publish(Msg)),
     to_remote_msg(MapMsg, Vars);
 to_remote_msg(MapMsg, #{remote_topic := TopicToken, payload := PayloadToken,
         remote_qos := QoSToken, retain := RetainToken, mountpoint := Mountpoint}) when is_map(MapMsg) ->
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ to_remote_msg(#message{topic = Topic} = Msg, #{mountpoint := Mountpoint}) ->
     Msg#message{topic = topic(Mountpoint, Topic)}.
 
 %% published from remote node over a MQTT connection
-to_broker_msg(#{dup := Dup, properties := Props} = MapMsg,
+to_broker_msg(#{dup := Dup, properties := Props} = MapMsg0,
             #{local_topic := TopicToken, payload := PayloadToken,
               local_qos := QoSToken, retain := RetainToken, mountpoint := Mountpoint}) ->
+    MapMsg = format_msg_received(MapMsg0),
     Topic = replace_vars_in_str(TopicToken, MapMsg),
     Payload = process_payload(PayloadToken, MapMsg),
     QoS = replace_simple_var(QoSToken, MapMsg),
@@ -89,6 +90,33 @@ to_broker_msg(#{dup := Dup, properties := Props} = MapMsg,
         emqx_message:set_flags(#{dup => Dup, retain => Retain},
             emqx_message:make(bridge, QoS, topic(Mountpoint, Topic), Payload))).
 
+format_msg_received(#{dup := Dup, payload := Payload, properties := Props,
+        qos := QoS, retain := Retain, topic := Topic}) ->
+    #{event => '$bridges/mqtt',
+      id => emqx_guid:to_hexstr(emqx_guid:gen()),
+      payload => Payload,
+      topic => Topic,
+      qos => QoS,
+      flags => #{dup => Dup, retain => Retain},
+      pub_props => printable_maps(Props),
+      timestamp => erlang:system_time(millisecond),
+      node => node()
+    }.
+
+printable_maps(undefined) -> #{};
+printable_maps(Headers) ->
+    maps:fold(
+        fun ('User-Property', V0, AccIn) when is_list(V0) ->
+                AccIn#{
+                    'User-Property' => maps:from_list(V0),
+                    'User-Property-Pairs' => [#{
+                        key => Key,
+                        value => Value
+                     } || {Key, Value} <- V0]
+                };
+            (K, V0, AccIn) -> AccIn#{K => V0}
+        end, #{}, Headers).
+
 process_payload([], Msg) ->
     emqx_json:encode(Msg);
 process_payload(Tks, Msg) ->