OpenObserve Incidents API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: openobserve Actions Incidents API
  description: OpenObserve API documents [https://openobserve.ai/docs/](https://openobserve.ai/docs/)
  contact:
    name: OpenObserve
    url: https://openobserve.ai/
    email: hello@zinclabs.io
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    identifier: AGPL-3.0
  version: 0.90.0
tags:
- name: Incidents
  description: Alert incident correlation & management operations
paths:
  /api/v2/{org_id}/alerts/incidents:
    get:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: List alert incidents
      description: Retrieves a list of correlated alert incidents with optional status filtering and pagination.
      operationId: ListIncidents
      parameters:
      - name: org_id
        in: path
        description: Organization name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: status
        in: query
        description: Filter by status (open, acknowledged, resolved)
        required: false
        schema:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of results
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          minimum: 0
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: Offset for pagination
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          minimum: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListIncidentsResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                default: null
      security:
      - Authorization: []
      x-o2-ratelimit:
        module: Alerts
        operation: list
      x-o2-mcp:
        description: List all incidents
        category: alerts
  /api/v2/{org_id}/alerts/incidents/stats:
    get:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Get incident statistics
      description: Retrieves statistics about incidents including counts by status and severity.
      operationId: GetIncidentStats
      parameters:
      - name: org_id
        in: path
        description: Organization name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentStats'
        '500':
          description: Internal error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                default: null
      security:
      - Authorization: []
      x-o2-ratelimit:
        module: Alerts
        operation: get
      x-o2-mcp:
        description: Get incident statistics
        category: alerts
  /api/v2/{org_id}/alerts/incidents/{incident_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Get incident details
      description: Retrieves detailed information about a specific incident including all correlated alerts.
      operationId: GetIncident
      parameters:
      - name: org_id
        in: path
        description: Organization name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: incident_id
        in: path
        description: Incident ID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentWithAlerts'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                default: null
      security:
      - Authorization: []
      x-o2-ratelimit:
        module: Alerts
        operation: get
      x-o2-mcp:
        description: Get an incident's details
        category: alerts
        pinned: true
  /api/v2/{org_id}/alerts/incidents/{incident_id}/rca:
    post:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Trigger RCA analysis for an incident
      description: Triggers root cause analysis for an incident. Use stream=true query parameter for streaming response, otherwise returns complete result as JSON.
      operationId: TriggerIncidentRca
      parameters:
      - name: org_id
        in: path
        description: Organization name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: incident_id
        in: path
        description: Incident ID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: stream
        in: query
        description: 'Use streaming response (default: false)'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: reanalysis
        in: query
        description: 'Treat this as a user-initiated reanalysis — bypasses cooldown (default: false)'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: RCA analysis completed or SSE stream
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RcaResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                default: null
        '503':
          description: RCA agent unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                default: null
      security:
      - Authorization: []
      x-o2-ratelimit:
        module: Alerts
        operation: update
      x-o2-mcp:
        description: Manually trigger incident RCA
        category: alerts
  /api/v2/{org_id}/alerts/incidents/{incident_id}/update:
    patch:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Update incident fields
      description: Updates incident title, severity, or status. This endpoint is only available with enterprise features enabled.
      operationId: UpdateIncident
      parameters:
      - name: org_id
        in: path
        description: Organization name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: incident_id
        in: path
        description: Incident ID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Field to update
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePayload'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Incident'
        '403':
          description: Enterprise feature
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                default: null
      security:
      - Authorization: []
      x-o2-mcp:
        description: Update an incident's title or severity. Status changes (resolve, acknowledge, reopen) are NOT supported via this tool — they must be performed by a human in the UI.
        category: alerts
      x-o2-ratelimit:
        module: Alerts
        operation: update
components:
  schemas:
    IncidentStatus:
      type: string
      description: 'Incident status lifecycle: Open → Acknowledged → Resolved'
      enum:
      - open
      - acknowledged
      - resolved
    GroupingConfig:
      type: object
      description: Configuration for alert grouping
      properties:
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Enable alert grouping
        group_wait_seconds:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Initial wait time before sending first notification (seconds)
        max_group_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum number of alerts in a single group
          minimum: 0
        send_strategy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SendStrategy'
          description: How to send grouped notifications
    QueryCondition:
      type: object
      properties:
        aggregation:
          oneOf:
          - type: 'null'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Aggregation'
        conditions:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
        multi_time_range:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompareHistoricData'
        promql:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        promql_condition:
          oneOf:
          - type: 'null'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Condition'
        search_event_type:
          oneOf:
          - type: 'null'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchEventType'
        sql:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryType'
        vrl_function:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
    IncidentTopology:
      type: object
      description: Alert flow graph showing how alerts cascaded across services over time
      required:
      - nodes
      - edges
      - related_incident_ids
      properties:
        edges:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AlertEdge'
          description: Edges showing temporal and service dependency relationships
        nodes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AlertNode'
          description: Alert nodes - each unique (service, alert) pair
        related_incident_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Related incident IDs (for cross-incident correlation)
        suggested_root_cause:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: AI-generated root cause analysis (markdown)
    EdgeType:
      type: string
      description: Type of relationship between alert nodes
      enum:
      - temporal
      - service_dependency
    Alert:
      type: object
      properties:
        context_attributes:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          default: null
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          propertyNames:
            type: string
        creates_incident:
          type: boolean
          description: 'When true, this alert creates/joins incidents instead of sending direct notifications.

            Notification is sent only when a new incident is created or a new alert type joins

            an existing incident. Repeated firings are suppressed.

            When false (default), the alert sends notifications directly and does not correlate

            to any incident.'
          default: false
        deduplication:
          oneOf:
          - type: 'null'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeduplicationConfig'
          default: null
        description:
          type: string
          default: ''
        destinations:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          default: []
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          default: null
        is_real_time:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        last_edited_by:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          default: null
        last_satisfied_at:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int64
          description: Will be removed in the future.
          default: null
        last_triggered_at:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int64
          description: Will be removed in the future.
          default: null
        name:
          type: string
          default: ''
        org_id:
          type: string
          default: ''
        owner:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          default: null
        query_condition:
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryCondition'
          default:
            type: custom
            conditions: null
            sql: null
            promql: null
            promql_condition: null
            aggregation: null
            vrl_function: null
            search_event_type: null
            multi_time_range: null
        row_template:
          type: string
          default: ''
        row_template_type:
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RowTemplateType'
          default: String
        stream_name:
          type: string
          default: ''
        stream_type:
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StreamType'
          default: logs
        template:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Optional template name. When specified, this template is used for all

            destinations instead of destination-level templates. This allows using

            different templates for different alerts while reusing the same destinations.'
          default: null
        trigger_condition:
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TriggerCondition'
          default:
            period: 0
            operator: '='
            threshold: 0
            frequency: 0
            cron: ''
            frequency_type: minutes
            silence: 0
            tolerance_in_secs: null
            align_time: false
        tz_offset:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: 'Timezone offset in minutes.

            The negative secs means the Western Hemisphere'
          default: 0
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          default: null
    SearchEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - ui
      - dashboards
      - reports
      - alerts
      - values
      - other
      - rum
      - derivedstream
      - searchjob
      - download
      - insights
    KeyType:
      type: string
      description: 'Classification of correlation key strength for hierarchical upgrade logic


        Hierarchy: AlertId (weakest) → Secondary → Primary (strongest)

        Upgrades only move UP the hierarchy, never down.'
      enum:
      - alert_id
      - secondary
      - primary
    CorrelationReason:
      type: string
      description: How an alert was correlated to an incident
      enum:
      - service_discovery
      - primary_match
      - secondary_match
      - alert_id
    DeduplicationConfig:
      type: object
      description: 'Per-alert deduplication configuration (from main branch)


        This is stored on each Alert and specifies which fields to use for fingerprinting.

        This matches the structure from the main branch exactly.

        Configuration for alert deduplication'
      properties:
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Enable/disable deduplication
          default: false
        fingerprint_fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: 'Fields from query results to use for fingerprinting

            If empty, auto-detect based on query type:

            - Custom: Fields from query conditions

            - SQL: GROUP BY columns

            - PromQL: All label dimensions'
          default: []
        grouping:
          oneOf:
          - type: 'null'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupingConfig'
            description: Optional alert grouping configuration
          default: null
        time_window_minutes:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
          description: 'Time window in minutes for deduplication

            If None, defaults to 2x alert frequency'
          default: null
    RcaResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response for RCA analysis
      required:
      - rca_content
      properties:
        rca_content:
          type: string
    IncidentAlert:
      type: object
      description: Alert info within an incident (junction table representation)
      required:
      - incident_id
      - alert_id
      - alert_name
      - alert_fired_at
      - correlation_reason
      - created_at
      properties:
        alert_fired_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        alert_id:
          type: string
        alert_name:
          type: string
        correlation_reason:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CorrelationReason'
        created_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        incident_id:
          type: string
    Aggregation:
      type: object
      required:
      - function
      - having
      properties:
        function:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AggFunction'
        group_by:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
        having:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Condition'
    Condition:
      type: object
      required:
      - column
      - operator
      - value
      properties:
        column:
          type: string
        ignore_case:
          type: boolean
        operator:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Operator'
        value:
          type: object
    UpdatePayload:
      oneOf:
      - type: object
        description: Update incident title
        required:
        - title
        properties:
          title:
            type: string
      - type: object
        description: Update incident severity
        required:
        - severity
        properties:
          severity:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentSeverity'
      - type: object
        description: Update incident status
        required:
        - status
        properties:
          status:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentStatus'
      description: 'Update payload enum for incident field updates

        Ensures only one field can be updated per request'
    IncidentStats:
      type: object
      description: Statistics for incidents dashboard
      required:
      - total_incidents
      - open_incidents
      - acknowledged_incidents
      - resolved_incidents
      - by_severity
      - by_service
      - alerts_per_incident_avg
      properties:
        acknowledged_incidents:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        alerts_per_incident_avg:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Average alerts per incident
        by_service:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: integer
            format: int64
          propertyNames:
            type: string
        by_severity:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: integer
            format: int64
          propertyNames:
            type: string
        mttr_minutes:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          format: double
          description: Mean time to resolve in minutes
        open_incidents:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        resolved_incidents:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        total_incidents:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    CompareHistoricData:
      type: object
      required:
      - offSet
      properties:
        offSet:
          type: string
    Incident:
      type: object
      description: Main incident entity - a group of correlated alerts
      required:
      - id
      - org_id
      - status
      - severity
      - first_alert_at
      - last_alert_at
      - alert_count
      - created_at
      - updated_at
      properties:
        alert_count:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        assigned_to:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        created_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        first_alert_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Timestamps in microseconds
        group_values: {}
        id:
          type: string
          description: KSUID (27 chars)
        key_type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyType'
        last_alert_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        org_id:
          type: string
        resolved_at:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int64
        severity:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentSeverity'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentStatus'
        title:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        topology_context:
          oneOf:
          - type: 'null'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentTopology'
        updated_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    SendStrategy:
      type: string
      description: Strategy for sending grouped alert notifications
      enum:
      - first_with_count
      - summary
      - all
    FrequencyType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - cron
      - minutes
    Operator:
      type: string
      enum:
      - '='
      - '!='
      - '>'
      - '>='
      - <
      - <=
      - contains
      - not_contains
    RowTemplateType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - String
      - Json
    AlertEdge:
      type: object
      description: Edge in the alert flow graph
      required:
      - from_node_index
      - to_node_index
      - edge_type
      properties:
        edge_type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EdgeType'
          description: Type of relationship
        from_node_index:
          type: integer
          description: Source node index
          minimum: 0
        to_node_index:
          type: integer
          description: Target node index
          minimum: 0
    IncidentSeverity:
      type: string
      description: Incident severity levels (P1 = highest priority)
      enum:
      - P1
      - P2
      - P3
      - P4
    AggFunction:
      type: string
      enum:
      - avg
      - min
      - max
      - sum
      - count
      - median
      - p50
      - p75
      - p90
      - p95
      - p99
    TriggerCondition:
      type: object
      properties:
        align_time:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        cron:
          type: string
          default: ''
        frequency:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: (seconds)
          default: 0
        frequency_type:
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FrequencyType'
          default: minutes
        operator:
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Operator'
          default: '='
        period:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: (minutes)
          default: 0
        silence:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: (minutes)
          default: 0
        threshold:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          default: 0
        timezone:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          default: null
        tolerance_in_secs:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int64
          description: (seconds)
          default: null
    IncidentWithAlerts:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Incident'
      - type: object
        required:
        - triggers
        - alerts
        properties:
          alerts:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Alert'
            description: Unique alerts with full details
          triggers:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentAlert'
            description: Alert triggers (each alert firing is a separate trigger)
      description: Incident with its alerts (for detail view)
    ListIncidentsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response for list incidents
      required:
      - incidents
      - total
      properties:
        incidents:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Incident'
        total:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          minimum: 0
    QueryType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - custom
      - sql
      - promql
    StreamType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - logs
      - metrics
      - traces
      - service_graph
      - enrichment_tables
      - file_list
      - metadata
      - index
    AlertNode:
      type: object
      description: Node in the alert flow graph
      required:
      - alert_id
      - alert_name
      - service_name
      - alert_count
      - first_fired_at
      - last_fired_at
      properties:
        alert_count:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of times this alert fired
          minimum: 0
        alert_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique alert identifier (from alert definition)
        alert_name:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable alert name for display
        first_fired_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Timestamp of first occurrence (microseconds)
        last_fired_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Timestamp of last occurrence (microseconds)
        service_name:
          type: string
          description: Service name (may be "unknown")
  securitySchemes:
    Authorization:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic