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Update an existing incident

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PATCHhttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}

Overview

Updates an incident. Provide only the attributes that should be updated as this request is a partial update.

This endpoint requires the incident_write permission.

OAuth apps require the incident_write authorization scope to access this endpoint.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name
Type
Description
incident_id [required]
string

The UUID of the incident.

Query Strings

Name
Type
Description
include
array

Specifies which types of related objects should be included in the response.

Request

Body Data (required)

Incident Payload.

Field
Type
Description
data [required]
object

Incident data for an update request.

Response

OK

Response with an incident.

Field
Type
Description
data [required]
object

Incident data from a response.

included
[<oneOf>]

Included related resources that the user requested.

Code Example

# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export incident_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "customer_impact_scope": "Example customer impact scope",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "severity": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "SEV-5"
        }
      },
      "notification_handles": [
        {
          "display_name": "Jane Doe",
          "handle": "@user@email.com"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Slack Channel",
          "handle": "@slack-channel"
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Incident Workflow",
          "handle": "@workflow-from-incident"
        }
      ],
      "title": "A test incident title"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-4567-000000000000",
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "type": "users"
        }
      },
      "integrations": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0005-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          },
          {
            "id": "00000000-abcd-0006-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "incident_integrations"
          }
        ]
      },
      "postmortem": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-abcd-3000-000000000000",
          "type": "incident_postmortems"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "incidents"
  }
}
EOF