---
title: "Get an incident event"
method: GET
path: "/api/v2/dora/failures/{failure_id}"
tags: ["DORA Metrics"]
---

# Get an incident event

`GET /api/v2/dora/failures/{failure_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dora/failures/{failure_id}`
- Auth: API key in header `DD-API-KEY` and API key in header `DD-APPLICATION-KEY`

Use this API endpoint to get an incident event.

## Path parameters

- `failure_id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- DORAFailureFetchResponse: Response for fetching a single incident event.
  - `data` DORAIncidentObject: A DORA incident event.
    - `attributes` DORAIncidentObjectAttributes: The attributes of the incident event.
      - `custom_tags` string[], nullable: A list of user-defined tags. The tags must follow the `key:value` pattern. Up to 100 may be added per event.
      - `env` string: Environment name that was impacted by the incident.
      - `finished_at` string, date-time: The time when the incident finished.
      - `git` DORAGitInfo: Git info for DORA Metrics events.
        - `commit_sha` string, required: Git Commit SHA.
        - `repository_url` string, required: Git Repository URL
      - `name` string: Incident name.
      - `services` string[]: Service names impacted by the incident.
      - `severity` string: Incident severity.
      - `started_at` string, date-time: The time when the incident started.
      - `team` string: Name of the team owning the services impacted.
      - `version` string: Version to correlate with APM Deployment Tracking.
    - `id` string: The ID of the incident event.
    - `type` 'dora_failure': JSON:API type for DORA incident events.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `403`: Not Authorized
- `429`: Too many requests

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