---
title: "Create Incident"
method: POST
path: "/incidents"
tags: ["Incidents"]
---

# Create Incident

`POST /incidents`

## Request body

- CreateIncidentRequestData
  - `name` string, required
  - `status` 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
  - `message` string, nullable
  - `template` string, nullable
  - `visible` boolean
  - `stickied` boolean
  - `notifications` boolean
  - `occurred_at` string, nullable
  - `template_vars` string[]
  - `component_id` integer, nullable
  - `component_status` 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

## Response `200`

`Incident`

- object
  - `data` Incident, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `type` 'incidents', required
    - `attributes` object
      - `id` string, required
      - `guid` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `component_id` string, required
      - `visible` string, required
      - `stickied` string, required
      - `notifications` string, required
      - `status` object, required
        - `human` string, required
        - `value` string, required
      - `occurred` object, required
        - `human` string, required
        - `string` string, required
      - `created` object, required
        - `human` string, required
        - `string` string, required
      - `updated` object, required
        - `human` string, required
        - `string` string, required
    - `relationships` object
      - `components` object
        - `data` Component[], required
          - `id` string, required
          - `type` 'components', required
          - `attributes` object
            - `id` string, required
            - `name` string, required
            - `description` string, required
            - `link` string, required
            - `order` string, required
            - `status` object, required
              - …
            - `enabled` string, required
            - `meta` string, required
            - `created` object, required
              - …
            - `updated` object, required
              - …
          - `relationships` object
            - `group` object
              - …
            - `incidents` object
              - …
      - `updates` object
        - `data` Update[], required
          - `id` string, required
          - `type` 'updates', required
          - `attributes` object
            - `id` string, required
            - `updateable_id` string, required
            - `updateable_type` string, required
            - `message` string, required
            - `status` object
              - …
            - `created` object, required
              - …
            - `updated` object, required
              - …
      - `user` object
        - `data` UserIdentifier, required
          - `type` string, required
          - `id` string, required

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthenticated
- `422` — Validation error

## Changes

- **2025-05-29** `87e56b3f8fd7` — 1 warning
  - removed the optional property `data/relationships/user/data/attributes` from the response with the `200` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/cachethq/apis/cachet/changes/incidents/post.md)

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