Declare Incident
Open a new incident with an initial severity, commander, and affected services. A war room will be created automatically.
Incident Basics
Provide a clear title and summary so responders can quickly understand the situation
Severity
Choose the most appropriate severity. The severity rules page has guidance.
Affected Services
Select all services impacted by this incident
Initial Update
The first status update that goes out to the chosen audience
Commander
The incident commander coordinates the response
Summary
Review before declaring
Title—
SeverityHigh
Services0
CommanderMaya Okonkwo
Public updateNo
Declaring an incident will page the on-call, create a Slack war room, and notify subscribers based on severity policy.