---
title: "Create an incident"
method: POST
path: "/v1/incidents"
tags: ["Incidents"]
---

# Create an incident

`POST /v1/incidents`

Creates a new incident.

## Headers

- `x-checkly-account` string — Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general

## Request body

- Model263
  - `name` string, required — A name used to describe the incident.
  - `impact` 'MAINTENANCE' | 'MAJOR' | 'MINOR', required — Used to indicate the impact or severity.
  - `startedAt` string, date-time, nullable — Used to indicate when incident starts to be active.
  - `stoppedAt` string, date-time, nullable — Used to indicate when incident turns to inactive.
  - `dashboardId` number, required — The dashboard ID where the incident will be shown.
  - `incidentUpdates` Model262[], required — The first incident update with the status and description. It must be only one element.
    - `status` 'INVESTIGATING' | 'IDENTIFIED' | 'MONITORING' | 'RESOLVED' | 'MAINTENANCE', required — The incident update status. Must be one of INVESTIGATING,IDENTIFIED,MONITORING,RESOLVED,MAINTENANCE
    - `description` string, required — A description about the status update.

## Response `200`

Successful

- Model267
  - `name` string, required — A name used to describe the incident.
  - `impact` 'MAINTENANCE' | 'MAJOR' | 'MINOR', required — Used to indicate the impact or severity.
  - `startedAt` string, date-time, nullable — Used to indicate when incident starts to be active.
  - `stoppedAt` string, date-time, nullable — Used to indicate when incident turns to inactive.
  - `dashboardId` number, required — The dashboard ID where the incident will be shown.
  - `id` string, required — The incident universal and unique identificator.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The timestamp when the incident was created.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — The timestamp when the incident was last updated.
  - `incidentUpdates` Model265[], required — The first incident update with the status and description. It must be only one element.
    - `status` 'INVESTIGATING' | 'IDENTIFIED' | 'MONITORING' | 'RESOLVED' | 'MAINTENANCE', required — The incident update status. Must be one of INVESTIGATING,IDENTIFIED,MONITORING,RESOLVED,MAINTENANCE
    - `description` string, required — A description about the status update.
    - `id` string, required — The incident update universal and unique identificator.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The timestamp when the incident update was created.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — The timestamp when last the update.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `429` — Too Many Requests

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/checklyhq/checkly-public-api/versions/9e903da4f3da/schema)