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instatus_update_incident

Update incident

A tool of io.usefulapi/instatus

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UPDATES an existing incident by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers (e.g. move it to MONITORING or RESOLVED). Send only the fields you want to change. Instatus: PUT /v1/{page_id}/incidents/{incident_id}. Returns the updated incident.

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
incident_idstringyesThe incident's id to update.
namestringnoIncident title.
messagestringnoIncident update message (Markdown supported).
componentsarraynoComponent ids affected by this incident.
startedstringnoISO 8601 timestamp for when the incident started.
statusstringnoIncident status.
notifybooleannoWhether to notify subscribers about this update.
statusesarraynoPer-component impact — set each listed component's status for this event.
shouldPublishbooleannoWhether 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."
    },
    "incident_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The incident's id to update."
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "Incident title.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "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",
    "incident_id"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

First seen 2026-09-20 · last seen 2026-09-20