---
title: "Create a new incident."
method: POST
path: "/v1/status-pages/incidents"
tags: ["Status Page Incidents"]
---

# Create a new incident.

`POST /v1/status-pages/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

- CreateStatusPageV2Incident
  - `id` string
  - `created_at` string, date
  - `updated_at` string, date
  - `lastUpdateStatus` 'INVESTIGATING' | 'IDENTIFIED' | 'MONITORING' | 'RESOLVED'
  - `name` string, required
  - `severity` 'CRITICAL' | 'MAJOR' | 'MEDIUM' | 'MINOR', required
  - `services` IncidentService[], required
    - `name` string, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `accountId` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date
    - `updated_at` string, date, nullable
  - `duration` integer, nullable
  - `incidentUpdates` StatusPageV2IncidentUpdate[], required
    - `id` string
    - `description` string, required
    - `status` 'INVESTIGATING' | 'IDENTIFIED' | 'MONITORING' | 'RESOLVED'
    - `publicIncidentUpdateDate` string, date-time
    - `created_at` string, date
    - `notifySubscribers` boolean

## Response `201`

Created

- StatusPageV2Incident
  - `name` string, required
  - `severity` 'CRITICAL' | 'MAJOR' | 'MEDIUM' | 'MINOR', required
  - `id` string, required
  - `services` StatusPageV2Service[], required
    - `name` string, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `accountId` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date, required
    - `updated_at` string, date, nullable
  - `incidentUpdates` StatusPageV2IncidentUpdateWithId[], required
    - `description` string, required
    - `status` 'INVESTIGATING' | 'IDENTIFIED' | 'MONITORING' | 'RESOLVED'
    - `publicIncidentUpdateDate` string, date-time
    - `notifySubscribers` boolean
    - `id` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date, required
  - `lastUpdateStatus` 'INVESTIGATING' | 'IDENTIFIED' | 'MONITORING' | 'RESOLVED', required
  - `duration` integer, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date, required
  - `updated_at` string, date

## 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)