--- title: Create an incident impact description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Incidents --- # Create an incident impact{% #create-an-incident-impact %} Copy pageCopied {% tab title="v2" %} | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | | ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | | app.datadoghq.eu | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | | app.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | | us2.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | | app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | | us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | | us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/impacts | ### Overview Create an impact for an incident. This endpoint requires the `incident_write` permission. OAuth apps require the `incident_write` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#incidents) to access this endpoint. ### Arguments #### Path Parameters | Name | Type | Description | | ----------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------- | | incident_id [*required*] | string | The UUID of the incident. | #### Query Strings | Name | Type | Description | | ------- | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | include | array | Specifies which related resources should be included in the response. | ### Request #### Body Data (required) Incident impact payload. {% tab title="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ----------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Incident impact data for a create request. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | The incident impact's attributes for a create request. | | attributes | description [*required*] | string | Description of the impact. | | attributes | end_at | date-time | Timestamp when the impact ended. | | attributes | fields | object | An object mapping impact field names to field values. | | attributes | start_at [*required*] | date-time | Timestamp when the impact started. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Incident impact resource type. Allowed enum values: `incident_impacts` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "description": "Service was unavailable for external users", "end_at": "2025-08-29T13:17:00Z", "fields": { "customers_impacted": "all", "products_impacted": [ "shopping", "marketing" ] }, "start_at": "2025-08-28T13:17:00Z" }, "type": "incident_impacts" } } ``` {% /tab %} ### Response {% tab title="201" %} CREATED {% tab title="Model" %} Response with an incident impact. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Incident impact data from a response. | | data | attributes | object | The incident impact's attributes. | | attributes | created | date-time | Timestamp when the impact was created. | | attributes | description [*required*] | string | Description of the impact. | | attributes | end_at | date-time | Timestamp when the impact ended. | | attributes | fields | object | An object mapping impact field names to field values. | | attributes | impact_type | string | The type of impact. | | attributes | modified | date-time | Timestamp when the impact was last modified. | | attributes | start_at [*required*] | date-time | Timestamp representing when the impact started. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The incident impact's ID. | | data | relationships | object | The incident impact's resource relationships. | | relationships | created_by_user | object | Relationship to user. | | created_by_user | data [*required*] | object | Relationship to user object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | A unique identifier that represents the user. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Users resource type. Allowed enum values: `users` | | relationships | incident | object | Relationship to incident. | | incident | data [*required*] | object | Relationship to incident object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | A unique identifier that represents the incident. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Incident resource type. Allowed enum values: `incidents` | | relationships | last_modified_by_user | object | Relationship to user. | | last_modified_by_user | data [*required*] | object | Relationship to user object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | A unique identifier that represents the user. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Users resource type. Allowed enum values: `users` | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Incident impact resource type. Allowed enum values: `incident_impacts` | | | included | [object] | Included related resources that the user requested. | | included | attributes | object | Attributes of user object returned by the API. | | attributes | email | string | Email of the user. | | attributes | handle | string | Handle of the user. | | attributes | icon | string | URL of the user's icon. | | attributes | name | string | Name of the user. | | attributes | uuid | string | UUID of the user. | | included | id | string | ID of the user. | | included | type | enum | Users resource type. Allowed enum values: `users` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "created": "2025-08-29T13:17:00Z", "description": "Service was unavailable for external users", "end_at": "2025-08-29T13:17:00Z", "fields": { "customers_impacted": "all", "products_impacted": [ "shopping", "marketing" ] }, "impact_type": "customer", "modified": "2025-08-29T13:17:00Z", "start_at": "2025-08-28T13:17:00Z" }, "id": "00000000-0000-0000-1234-000000000000", "relationships": { "created_by_user": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-2345-000000000000", "type": "users" } }, "incident": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-1234-000000000000", "type": "incidents" } }, "last_modified_by_user": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-2345-000000000000", "type": "users" } } }, "type": "incident_impacts" }, "included": [ { "attributes": { "email": "string", "handle": "string", "icon": "string", "name": "string", "uuid": "string" }, "id": "string", "type": "users" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="400" %} Bad Request {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="401" %} Unauthorized {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="403" %} Forbidden {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="404" %} Not Found {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="429" %} Too many requests {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} ### Code Example ##### \## default # \# Path parameters export incident_id="CHANGE_ME" \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/${incident_id}/impacts" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \ -d @- << EOF { "data": { "attributes": { "description": "Service was unavailable for external users", "end_at": "2025-08-29T13:17:00Z", "fields": { "customers_impacted": "all", "products_impacted": [ "shopping", "marketing" ] }, "start_at": "2025-08-28T13:17:00Z" }, "type": "incident_impacts" } } EOF ##### ```python """ Create an incident impact returns "CREATED" response """ from os import environ from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration from datadog_api_client.v2.api.incidents_api import IncidentsApi from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_impact_create_attributes import IncidentImpactCreateAttributes from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_impact_create_data import IncidentImpactCreateData from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_impact_create_request import IncidentImpactCreateRequest from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_impact_type import IncidentImpactType from datetime import datetime from dateutil.tz import tzutc # there is a valid "incident" in the system INCIDENT_DATA_ID = environ["INCIDENT_DATA_ID"] body = IncidentImpactCreateRequest( data=IncidentImpactCreateData( type=IncidentImpactType.INCIDENT_IMPACTS, attributes=IncidentImpactCreateAttributes( start_at=datetime(2025, 9, 12, 13, 50, tzinfo=tzutc()), end_at=datetime(2025, 9, 12, 14, 50, tzinfo=tzutc()), description="Outage in the us-east-1 region", ), ), ) configuration = Configuration() configuration.unstable_operations["create_incident_impact"] = True with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = IncidentsApi(api_client) response = api_instance.create_incident_impact(incident_id=INCIDENT_DATA_ID, body=body) print(response) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" python3 "example.py" ##### ```ruby # Create an incident impact returns "CREATED" response require "datadog_api_client" DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config| config.unstable_operations["v2.create_incident_impact".to_sym] = true end api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentsAPI.new # there is a valid "incident" in the system INCIDENT_DATA_ID = ENV["INCIDENT_DATA_ID"] body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentImpactCreateRequest.new({ data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentImpactCreateData.new({ type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentImpactType::INCIDENT_IMPACTS, attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentImpactCreateAttributes.new({ start_at: "2025-09-12T13:50:00.000Z", end_at: "2025-09-12T14:50:00.000Z", description: "Outage in the us-east-1 region", }), }), }) p api_instance.create_incident_impact(INCIDENT_DATA_ID, body) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" rb "example.rb" ##### ```go // Create an incident impact returns "CREATED" response package main import ( "context" "encoding/json" "fmt" "os" "time" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2" ) func main() { // there is a valid "incident" in the system IncidentDataID := os.Getenv("INCIDENT_DATA_ID") body := datadogV2.IncidentImpactCreateRequest{ Data: datadogV2.IncidentImpactCreateData{ Type: datadogV2.INCIDENTIMPACTTYPE_INCIDENT_IMPACTS, Attributes: datadogV2.IncidentImpactCreateAttributes{ StartAt: time.Date(2025, 9, 12, 13, 50, 0, 0, time.UTC), EndAt: *datadog.NewNullableTime(datadog.PtrTime(time.Date(2025, 9, 12, 14, 50, 0, 0, time.UTC))), Description: "Outage in the us-east-1 region", }, }, } ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.CreateIncidentImpact", true) apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewIncidentsApi(apiClient) resp, r, err := api.CreateIncidentImpact(ctx, IncidentDataID, body, *datadogV2.NewCreateIncidentImpactOptionalParameters()) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `IncidentsApi.CreateIncidentImpact`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ") fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `IncidentsApi.CreateIncidentImpact`:\n%s\n", responseContent) } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" go run "main.go" ##### ```java // Create an incident impact returns "CREATED" response import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient; import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.IncidentsApi; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentImpactCreateAttributes; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentImpactCreateData; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentImpactCreateRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentImpactResponse; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentImpactType; import java.time.OffsetDateTime; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.createIncidentImpact", true); IncidentsApi apiInstance = new IncidentsApi(defaultClient); // there is a valid "incident" in the system String INCIDENT_DATA_ID = System.getenv("INCIDENT_DATA_ID"); IncidentImpactCreateRequest body = new IncidentImpactCreateRequest() .data( new IncidentImpactCreateData() .type(IncidentImpactType.INCIDENT_IMPACTS) .attributes( new IncidentImpactCreateAttributes() .startAt(OffsetDateTime.parse("2025-09-12T13:50:00.000Z")) .endAt(OffsetDateTime.parse("2025-09-12T14:50:00.000Z")) .description("Outage in the us-east-1 region"))); try { IncidentImpactResponse result = apiInstance.createIncidentImpact(INCIDENT_DATA_ID, body); System.out.println(result); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println("Exception when calling IncidentsApi#createIncidentImpact"); System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode()); System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody()); System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders()); e.printStackTrace(); } } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" java "Example.java" ##### ```rust // Create an incident impact returns "CREATED" response use chrono::{DateTime, Utc}; use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_incidents::CreateIncidentImpactOptionalParams; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_incidents::IncidentsAPI; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentImpactCreateAttributes; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentImpactCreateData; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentImpactCreateRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentImpactType; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { // there is a valid "incident" in the system let incident_data_id = std::env::var("INCIDENT_DATA_ID").unwrap(); let body = IncidentImpactCreateRequest::new(IncidentImpactCreateData::new( IncidentImpactCreateAttributes::new( "Outage in the us-east-1 region".to_string(), DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2025-09-12T13:50:00+00:00") .expect("Failed to parse datetime") .with_timezone(&Utc), ) .end_at(Some( DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2025-09-12T14:50:00+00:00") .expect("Failed to parse datetime") .with_timezone(&Utc), )), IncidentImpactType::INCIDENT_IMPACTS, )); let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.CreateIncidentImpact", true); let api = IncidentsAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api .create_incident_impact( incident_data_id.clone(), body, CreateIncidentImpactOptionalParams::default(), ) .await; if let Ok(value) = resp { println!("{:#?}", value); } else { println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err()); } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" cargo run ##### ```typescript /** * Create an incident impact returns "CREATED" response */ import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client"; const configuration = client.createConfiguration(); configuration.unstableOperations["v2.createIncidentImpact"] = true; const apiInstance = new v2.IncidentsApi(configuration); // there is a valid "incident" in the system const INCIDENT_DATA_ID = process.env.INCIDENT_DATA_ID as string; const params: v2.IncidentsApiCreateIncidentImpactRequest = { body: { data: { type: "incident_impacts", attributes: { startAt: new Date(2025, 9, 12, 13, 50, 0, 0), endAt: new Date(2025, 9, 12, 14, 50, 0, 0), description: "Outage in the us-east-1 region", }, }, }, incidentId: INCIDENT_DATA_ID, }; apiInstance .createIncidentImpact(params) .then((data: v2.IncidentImpactResponse) => { console.log( "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data) ); }) .catch((error: any) => console.error(error)); ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" tsc "example.ts" {% /tab %}