---
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', required
  - `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' | '6', nullable
  - `components` IncidentComponentRequestData[], nullable
    - `id` integer, required
    - `status` '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6', required

## Response `200`

`Incident`

## Other responses

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

## Changes

- **2026-06-26** `b7fcc33d06e5` — 16 breaking, 18 info
  - removed `#/components/schemas/ComponentStatusEnum, subschema #2` from the `component_status` request property `anyOf` list
  - request property `component_status` was restricted to a list of enum values
  - removed the enum value `0.00` of the request property `status`
  - removed the enum value `1.00` of the request property `components/items/status`
  - …30 more
- **2026-06-18** `1584b3ec7df7` — 4 breaking, 5 info
  - removed `#/components/schemas/IncidentStatusEnum, subschema #2` from the `status` request property `anyOf` list
  - request property `status` was restricted to a list of enum values
  - the request property `status` became required
  - the `status` request property type/format changed from ``/`` to `integer`/``
  - …5 more
- **2026-01-07** `3fcf13eb3b22` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the required property `data/attributes/component_id` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `data/attributes/components_count` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-12-02** `b912f4471de4` — 2 info
  - added the new optional request property `components`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
- …earlier changes not shown

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

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