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IncidentPayload

The payload delivered to the webhook endpoint for Cortex XDR incident lifecycle events including creation, status changes, and severity changes. Contains incident metadata, alert aggregation counts, assignment information, and data source attribution.

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Properties

Name Type Description
name string Human-readable name of the incident, either auto-generated by Cortex XDR from the correlated alert details or manually assigned by an analyst during investigation.
incident_id string The unique numeric identifier for the incident, assigned by Cortex XDR upon creation. Used to reference the incident in all subsequent API operations and webhook events.
creation_time integer Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds indicating when the incident was first created by Cortex XDR's correlation engine.
modification_time integer Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds indicating the most recent modification to the incident, including status changes, severity updates, alert additions, and analyst assignments.
status string The current investigation status of the incident at the time this webhook notification was dispatched.
severity string The current severity level of the incident, determined by the highest-severity correlated alert or manually overridden by an analyst. Drives prioritization in incident queues and escalation workflows.
alert_count integer The total number of individual alerts that have been correlated and grouped into this incident at the time of this notification.
assigned_user_mail string The email address of the analyst currently assigned to investigate this incident. Empty string when the incident is unassigned.
description string A detailed description of the incident providing context about the detected threat activity, affected assets, and attack scope. May be auto-generated from correlated alert content or manually authored
alert_sources array List of detection source identifiers that contributed alerts to this incident. Identifies which Cortex XDR engines, modules, or integrated third-party products generated the underlying alerts.
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