---
title: "Get Past Incidents"
method: GET
path: "/incidents/{id}/past_incidents"
tags: ["Incidents"]
---

# Get Past Incidents

`GET /incidents/{id}/past_incidents`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.pagerduty.com`
- URL: `https://api.pagerduty.com/incidents/{id}/past_incidents`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/pagerduty/apis/rest-api/docs/incidents/:id/past_incidents/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Past Incidents returns Incidents within the past 6 months that have similar metadata and were generated on the same Service as the parent Incident. By default, 5 Past Incidents are returned. Note: This feature is currently available as part of the Event Intelligence package or Digital Operations plan only.

For more information see the [API Concepts Document](../../api-reference/a47605517c19a-api-concepts#past_incidents)

Scoped OAuth requires: `incidents.read`

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `total` boolean

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `past_incidents` object[]: Aggregate of past incidents
    - `incident` object: Incident model reference
      - `id` string: The globally unique identifier of the incident
      - `created_at` string: The date/time the incident was first triggered
      - `self` string: The URL at which the object is accessible
      - `title` string: The description of the nature, symptoms, cause, or effect of the incident
    - `score` number: The computed similarity score associated with the incident and parent incident
  - `total` number: The total number of Past Incidents if the total parameter was set in the request
  - `limit` number: The maximum number of Incidents requested

## Other responses

- `400`: Caller provided invalid arguments. Please review the response for error details. Retrying with the same arguments will *not* work.
- `403`: Caller is not authorized to view the requested resource. While your authentication is valid, the authenticated user or token does not have permission to perform this action.
- `404`: The requested resource was not found.
- `500`: Internal Server Error the PagerDuty server experienced an error.

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