--- title: Send an incident event (legacy) description: "Note: This endpoint is deprecated." breadcrumbs: Docs > API > Send an incident event (legacy) --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/stefon.simmons/docs-astro-web-10435/llms.txt). # Send an incident event (legacy) ## v2 (deprecated) | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dora/incident | | us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dora/incident | | us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dora/incident | | app.datadoghq.eu | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/dora/incident | | ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dora/incident | | ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dora/incident | | uk1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dora/incident | | app.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/dora/incident | | us2.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/dora/incident | ### Overview **Note**: This endpoint is deprecated. Please use `/api/v2/dora/failure` instead. Use this API endpoint to provide incident data. Tracking incidents gives a side-by-side view of how failed deployments translate into real-world incidents. ### Request #### Body Data (required) {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | --------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | The JSON:API data. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | Attributes to create a DORA incident event. | | attributes | custom_tags | [string] | A list of user-defined tags. The tags must follow the `key:value` pattern. Up to 100 may be added per event. | | attributes | env | string | Environment name that was impacted by the incident. | | attributes | finished_at | int64 | Unix timestamp when the incident finished. It must be in nanoseconds, milliseconds, or seconds. | | attributes | git | object | Git info for DORA Metrics events. | | git | commit_sha [*required*] | string | Git Commit SHA. | | git | repository_url [*required*] | string | Git Repository URL | | attributes | id | string | Incident ID. Must be 16-128 characters and contain only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, underscores, periods, and colons (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, ., :). | | attributes | name | string | Incident name. | | attributes | services | [string] | Service names impacted by the incident. If possible, use names registered in the Service Catalog. Required when the team field is not provided. | | attributes | severity | string | Incident severity. | | attributes | started_at [*required*] | int64 | Unix timestamp when the incident started. It must be in nanoseconds, milliseconds, or seconds. | | attributes | team | string | Name of the team owning the services impacted. If possible, use team handles registered in Datadog. Required when the services field is not provided. | | attributes | version | string | Version to correlate with [APM Deployment Tracking](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/services/deployment_tracking.md). | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "finished_at": 1707842944600000000, "git": { "commit_sha": "66adc9350f2cc9b250b69abddab733dd55e1a588", "repository_url": "https://github.com/organization/example-repository" }, "name": "Webserver is down failing all requests", "services": [ "shopist" ], "severity": "High", "started_at": 1707842944500000000, "team": "backend", "version": "v1.12.07" } } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} ### Response {% tabs %} {% tab label="200" %} OK {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} Response after receiving a DORA incident event. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ----------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Response after receiving a DORA incident event. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The ID of the received DORA incident event. | | data | type | enum | JSON:API type for DORA incident events. Allowed enum values: `dora_failure`. Default: `dora_failure`. | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "id": "4242fcdd31586083", "type": "dora_failure" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} {% /tab %} {% tab label="202" %} OK - but delayed due to incident {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} Response after receiving a DORA incident event. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ----------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Response after receiving a DORA incident event. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The ID of the received DORA incident event. | | data | type | enum | JSON:API type for DORA incident events. Allowed enum values: `dora_failure`. Default: `dora_failure`. | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "id": "4242fcdd31586083", "type": "dora_failure" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} {% /tab %} {% tab label="400" %} Bad Request {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} {% /tab %} {% tab label="403" %} Not Authorized {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} {% /tab %} {% tab label="429" %} Too many requests {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} ### Code Example {% tabs %} {% tab label="Curl" %} ```bash # Set your Datadog site and credentials export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" # Or us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com, ap2.datadoghq.com, uk1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com export DD_API_KEY="" curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/dora/incident" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -d @- << EOF { "data": { "attributes": { "finished_at": 1707842944600000000, "git": { "commit_sha": "66adc9350f2cc9b250b69abddab733dd55e1a588", "repository_url": "https://github.com/organization/example-repository" }, "name": "Webserver is down failing all requests", "services": [ "shopist" ], "severity": "High", "started_at": 1707842944500000000, "team": "backend", "version": "v1.12.07" } } } EOF ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %}