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POST
/
v1
/
incidents
Creates an incident
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incidents \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  --data '{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "<string>",
      "kind": "normal",
      "parent_incident_id": "<string>",
      "duplicate_incident_id": "<string>",
      "private": false,
      "summary": "<string>",
      "user_id": "<string>",
      "severity_id": "<string>",
      "public_title": "<string>",
      "alert_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "environment_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "incident_type_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "service_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "functionality_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "group_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "cause_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "labels": {},
      "slack_channel_name": "<string>",
      "slack_channel_id": "<string>",
      "slack_channel_url": "<string>",
      "slack_channel_archived": true,
      "google_drive_parent_id": "<string>",
      "google_drive_url": "<string>",
      "notify_emails": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "status": "in_triage",
      "url": "<string>",
      "scheduled_for": "<string>",
      "scheduled_until": "<string>",
      "in_triage_at": "<string>",
      "started_at": "<string>",
      "detected_at": "<string>",
      "acknowledged_at": "<string>",
      "mitigated_at": "<string>",
      "resolved_at": "<string>",
      "closed_at": "<string>",
      "cancelled_at": "<string>"
    }
  }
}'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "63c6067a-ebc6-417e-b3dc-553d6285effc",
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "parent_incident_id": null,
      "sequential_id": 11,
      "title": "Oh no! Something is broken",
      "slug": "oh-no-something-is-broken",
      "kind": "normal",
      "private": false,
      "summary": "this is the description and there are new lines\n\nthis is the next line\n\nthis is the 3rd line",
      "status": "started",
      "source": "api",
      "url": "http://localhost:3001/account/incidents/11-oh-no-something-is-broken",
      "short_url": null,
      "user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "351",
          "type": "users",
          "attributes": {
            "name": "Yolando Lindgren",
            "email": "keith_mitchell@ortiz.test",
            "phone": null,
            "phone_2": null,
            "first_name": "Yolando",
            "last_name": "Lindgren",
            "full_name": "Yolando Lindgren",
            "full_name_with_team": "[Dickinson Inc] Yolando Lindgren",
            "slack_id": null,
            "time_zone": "Etc/UTC",
            "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:40.085-08:00",
            "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.118-08:00"
          },
          "relationships": {
            "email_addresses": {
              "data": [
                {
                  "id": "472d0dda-266e-4881-aad5-e6009ed6be8b",
                  "type": "user_email_addresses"
                }
              ]
            },
            "phone_numbers": {
              "data": []
            },
            "devices": {
              "data": []
            },
            "role": {
              "data": {
                "id": "e90d35d2-2aee-4a13-9ee2-ff47d35bea20",
                "alerts_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read"
                ],
                "api_keys_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "update",
                  "read",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "audits_permissions": [],
                "billing_permissions": [],
                "catalogs_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "communication_permissions": [
                  "read"
                ],
                "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.330-08:00",
                "deleted_at": null,
                "display_order": 2,
                "environments_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "form_fields_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "functionalities_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "groups_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incident_causes_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incident_communication_permissions": [
                  "read"
                ],
                "incident_feedbacks_permissions": [
                  "read",
                  "create",
                  "update"
                ],
                "incident_permission_set_id": "737a9f7e-ffe0-46c0-86c1-e95481c2441d",
                "incident_roles_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incident_types_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incidents_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "integrations_permissions": [],
                "invitations_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "is_deletable": false,
                "is_editable": true,
                "name": "user",
                "paging_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "playbooks_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "private_incidents_permissions": [],
                "pulses_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "update",
                  "read"
                ],
                "retrospective_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "roles_permissions": [],
                "secrets_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "services_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "severities_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "slug": "user",
                "status_pages_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "sub_statuses_permissions": [
                  "read"
                ],
                "team_id": 334,
                "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.330-08:00",
                "webhooks_permissions": [],
                "workflows_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ]
              }
            },
            "on_call_role": {
              "data": {
                "id": "c312e56c-ac30-490a-934e-e28b01a7075b",
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                "alert_groups_permissions": [],
                "alert_routing_rules_permissions": [],
                "alert_sources_permissions": [],
                "alert_urgency_permissions": [],
                "alerts_permissions": [],
                "api_keys_permissions": [],
                "audits_permissions": [],
                "contacts_permissions": [],
                "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.354-08:00",
                "deleted_at": null,
                "escalation_policies_permissions": [],
                "groups_permissions": [],
                "heartbeats_permissions": [],
                "integrations_permissions": [],
                "invitations_permissions": [],
                "live_call_routing_permissions": [],
                "name": "None",
                "on_call_readiness_report_permissions": [],
                "on_call_roles_permissions": [],
                "schedule_override_permissions": [],
                "schedules_permissions": [],
                "services_permissions": [],
                "shift_overrides_permissions": [],
                "slug": "none",
                "system_role": "no_access",
                "team_id": 334,
                "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.354-08:00",
                "webhooks_permissions": [],
                "workflows_permissions": []
              }
            },
            "teams": {
              "data": []
            },
            "schedules": {
              "data": []
            },
            "notification_rules": {
              "data": [
                {
                  "id": "d94636d9-d466-4ae2-973a-0929c7b370be",
                  "type": "user_notification_rules"
                },
                {
                  "id": "c2823df5-e89b-4479-92b0-bdef46c938fb",
                  "type": "user_notification_rules"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "severity": {
        "data": {
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          "type": "severities",
          "attributes": {
            "name": "w1mok",
            "slug": "w1mok",
            "description": "Non commodi atque deleniti.",
            "severity": "medium",
            "color": "#E58A1F",
            "position": 1,
            "notify_emails": [],
            "slack_channels": [],
            "slack_aliases": [],
            "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:33.063-08:00",
            "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:33.063-08:00"
          }
        }
      },
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      "started_by": {
        "data": {
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          "type": "users",
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            "email": "keith_mitchell@ortiz.test",
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            "phone_2": null,
            "first_name": "Yolando",
            "last_name": "Lindgren",
            "full_name": "Yolando Lindgren",
            "full_name_with_team": "[Dickinson Inc] Yolando Lindgren",
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            "time_zone": "Etc/UTC",
            "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:40.085-08:00",
            "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.118-08:00"
          },
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                {
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                }
              ]
            },
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            },
            "devices": {
              "data": []
            },
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                  "read"
                ],
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                  "create",
                  "update",
                  "read",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "audits_permissions": [],
                "billing_permissions": [],
                "catalogs_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "communication_permissions": [
                  "read"
                ],
                "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.330-08:00",
                "deleted_at": null,
                "display_order": 2,
                "environments_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "form_fields_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "functionalities_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "groups_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incident_causes_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incident_communication_permissions": [
                  "read"
                ],
                "incident_feedbacks_permissions": [
                  "read",
                  "create",
                  "update"
                ],
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                "incident_roles_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incident_types_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "incidents_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "integrations_permissions": [],
                "invitations_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "is_deletable": false,
                "is_editable": true,
                "name": "user",
                "paging_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "playbooks_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "read",
                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "private_incidents_permissions": [],
                "pulses_permissions": [
                  "create",
                  "update",
                  "read"
                ],
                "retrospective_permissions": [
                  "create",
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                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "roles_permissions": [],
                "secrets_permissions": [
                  "create",
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                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
                "services_permissions": [
                  "create",
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                  "delete"
                ],
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                  "update",
                  "delete"
                ],
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                  "delete"
                ],
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                ],
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                "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:10:26.330-08:00",
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                "workflows_permissions": [
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                ]
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            },
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                "alert_sources_permissions": [],
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                "integrations_permissions": [],
                "invitations_permissions": [],
                "live_call_routing_permissions": [],
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                "on_call_roles_permissions": [],
                "schedule_override_permissions": [],
                "schedules_permissions": [],
                "services_permissions": [],
                "shift_overrides_permissions": [],
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              }
            },
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            },
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            },
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      "zoom_meeting_global_dial_in_numbers": [],
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      },
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      },
      "slack_messages": {
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    }
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/vnd.api+json
​
data
object
required

Response

incident created

​
data
object
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