instatus_create_incident
Create incident
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CREATES a new incident — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers. Provide name (required); optionally set the initial message, affected components, per-component impact via statuses, status, started, notify, and shouldPublish. Instatus: POST /v1/{page_id}/incidents. Returns the created incident.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page_id | string | yes | The status page's id. |
| name | string | yes | Incident title (required). |
| message | string | no | Incident update message (Markdown supported). |
| components | array | no | Component ids affected by this incident. |
| started | string | no | ISO 8601 timestamp for when the incident started. |
| status | string | no | Incident status. |
| notify | boolean | no | Whether to notify subscribers about this update. |
| statuses | array | no | Per-component impact — set each listed component's status for this event. |
| shouldPublish | boolean | no | Whether the incident should be published to the status page. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"page_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The status page's id."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Incident title (required)."
},
"message": {
"description": "Incident update message (Markdown supported).",
"type": "string"
},
"components": {
"description": "Component ids affected by this incident.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"started": {
"description": "ISO 8601 timestamp for when the incident started.",
"type": "string"
},
"status": {
"description": "Incident status.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"INVESTIGATING",
"IDENTIFIED",
"MONITORING",
"RESOLVED"
]
},
"notify": {
"description": "Whether to notify subscribers about this update.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"statuses": {
"description": "Per-component impact — set each listed component's status for this event.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The affected component's id."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"OPERATIONAL",
"UNDERMAINTENANCE",
"DEGRADEDPERFORMANCE",
"PARTIALOUTAGE",
"MAJOROUTAGE"
],
"description": "The impact status to set on that component."
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"status"
]
}
},
"shouldPublish": {
"description": "Whether the incident should be published to the status page.",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"page_id",
"name"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}