---
title: List global incident handles
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Incidents
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# List global incident handles{% #list-global-incident-handles %}
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{% tab title="v2" %}
**Note**: This endpoint is in public beta and is subject to change. If you have any feedback, contact [Datadog support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help/).
| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                                      |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles  |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles |

### Overview

Retrieve a list of global incident handles.

### Arguments

#### Query Strings

| Name    | Type   | Description                                                          |
| ------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| include | string | Comma-separated list of related resources to include in the response |

### Response

{% tab title="200" %}
OK
{% tab title="Model" %}
Response payload for a list of global incident handles, including handle data and related resources.

| Parent field                  | Field                                   | Type            | Description                                                                                                                                 |
| ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|                               | data [*required*]                  | [object]        | Array of incident handle data objects returned in a list response.                                                                          |
| data                          | attributes [*required*]            | object          | Incident handle attributes for responses                                                                                                    |
| attributes                    | created_at [*required*]            | date-time       | Timestamp when the handle was created                                                                                                       |
| attributes                    | fields [*required*]                | object          | Dynamic fields associated with the handle                                                                                                   |
| fields                        | severity                                | [string]        | Severity levels associated with the handle                                                                                                  |
| attributes                    | modified_at [*required*]           | date-time       | Timestamp when the handle was last modified                                                                                                 |
| attributes                    | name [*required*]                  | string          | The handle name                                                                                                                             |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The ID of the incident handle                                                                                                               |
| data                          | relationships                           | object          | Relationships associated with an incident handle response, including linked users and incident type.                                        |
| relationships                 | commander_user                          | object          | A single relationship object for an incident handle, wrapping the related resource data.                                                    |
| commander_user                | data [*required*]                  | object          | Relationship data for an incident handle, containing the ID and type of the related resource.                                               |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The ID of the related resource                                                                                                              |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | string          | The type of the related resource                                                                                                            |
| relationships                 | created_by_user [*required*]       | object          | A single relationship object for an incident handle, wrapping the related resource data.                                                    |
| created_by_user               | data [*required*]                  | object          | Relationship data for an incident handle, containing the ID and type of the related resource.                                               |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The ID of the related resource                                                                                                              |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | string          | The type of the related resource                                                                                                            |
| relationships                 | incident_type [*required*]         | object          | A single relationship object for an incident handle, wrapping the related resource data.                                                    |
| incident_type                 | data [*required*]                  | object          | Relationship data for an incident handle, containing the ID and type of the related resource.                                               |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The ID of the related resource                                                                                                              |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | string          | The type of the related resource                                                                                                            |
| relationships                 | last_modified_by_user [*required*] | object          | A single relationship object for an incident handle, wrapping the related resource data.                                                    |
| last_modified_by_user         | data [*required*]                  | object          | Relationship data for an incident handle, containing the ID and type of the related resource.                                               |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The ID of the related resource                                                                                                              |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | string          | The type of the related resource                                                                                                            |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | enum            | Incident handle resource type Allowed enum values: `incidents_handles`                                                                      |
|                               | included                                | [ <oneOf>] | Included related resources                                                                                                                  |
| included                      | Option 1                                | object          | User object returned by the API.                                                                                                            |
| Option 1                      | 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.                                                                                                                           |
| Option 1                      | id                                      | string          | ID of the user.                                                                                                                             |
| Option 1                      | type                                    | enum            | Users resource type. Allowed enum values: `users`                                                                                           |
| included                      | Option 2                                | object          | Incident type response data.                                                                                                                |
| Option 2                      | attributes                              | object          | Incident type's attributes.                                                                                                                 |
| attributes                    | createdAt                               | date-time       | Timestamp when the incident type was created.                                                                                               |
| attributes                    | createdBy                               | string          | A unique identifier that represents the user that created the incident type.                                                                |
| attributes                    | description                             | string          | Text that describes the incident type.                                                                                                      |
| attributes                    | is_default                              | boolean         | If true, this incident type will be used as the default incident type if a type is not specified during the creation of incident resources. |
| attributes                    | lastModifiedBy                          | string          | A unique identifier that represents the user that last modified the incident type.                                                          |
| attributes                    | modifiedAt                              | date-time       | Timestamp when the incident type was last modified.                                                                                         |
| attributes                    | name [*required*]                  | string          | The name of the incident type.                                                                                                              |
| attributes                    | prefix                                  | string          | The string that will be prepended to the incident title across the Datadog app.                                                             |
| Option 2                      | id [*required*]                    | string          | The incident type's ID.                                                                                                                     |
| Option 2                      | relationships                           | object          | The incident type'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                 | google_meet_configuration               | object          | A reference to a Google Meet Configuration resource.                                                                                        |
| google_meet_configuration     | data [*required*]                  | object          | The Google Meet configuration relationship data object.                                                                                     |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The unique identifier of the Google Meet configuration.                                                                                     |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | string          | The type of the Google Meet configuration.                                                                                                  |
| 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`                                                                                           |
| relationships                 | microsoft_teams_configuration           | object          | A reference to a Microsoft Teams Configuration resource.                                                                                    |
| microsoft_teams_configuration | data [*required*]                  | object          | The Microsoft Teams configuration relationship data object.                                                                                 |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The unique identifier of the Microsoft Teams configuration.                                                                                 |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | string          | The type of the Microsoft Teams configuration.                                                                                              |
| relationships                 | zoom_configuration                      | object          | A reference to a Zoom configuration resource.                                                                                               |
| zoom_configuration            | data [*required*]                  | object          | The Zoom configuration relationship data object.                                                                                            |
| data                          | id [*required*]                    | string          | The unique identifier of the Zoom configuration.                                                                                            |
| data                          | type [*required*]                  | string          | The type of the Zoom configuration.                                                                                                         |
| Option 2                      | type [*required*]                  | enum            | Incident type resource type. Allowed enum values: `incident_types`                                                                          |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "created_at": "2026-01-13T17:15:52.726905Z",
        "fields": {
          "severity": [
            "SEV-1"
          ]
        },
        "modified_at": "2026-01-13T17:15:52.726905Z",
        "name": "@incident-sev-1"
      },
      "id": "12ceee6d-a7c0-4407-bc54-30e54140d7f0",
      "relationships": {
        "commander_user": {
          "data": {
            "id": "f7b538b1-ed7c-4e84-82de-fdf84a539d40",
            "type": "incident_types"
          }
        },
        "created_by_user": {
          "data": {
            "id": "f7b538b1-ed7c-4e84-82de-fdf84a539d40",
            "type": "incident_types"
          }
        },
        "incident_type": {
          "data": {
            "id": "f7b538b1-ed7c-4e84-82de-fdf84a539d40",
            "type": "incident_types"
          }
        },
        "last_modified_by_user": {
          "data": {
            "id": "f7b538b1-ed7c-4e84-82de-fdf84a539d40",
            "type": "incident_types"
          }
        }
      },
      "type": "incidents_handles"
    }
  ],
  "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.

| Parent field | Field                    | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail                   | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                     | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source                   | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header                   | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter                | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer                  | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status                   | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title                    | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "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

##### 
                  \# Curl command curl -X GET "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/global/incident-handles" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" 
                
##### 

```python
"""
List global incident handles returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.incidents_api import IncidentsApi

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.unstable_operations["list_global_incident_handles"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = IncidentsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.list_global_incident_handles()

    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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# List global incident handles returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.unstable_operations["v2.list_global_incident_handles".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentsAPI.new
p api_instance.list_global_incident_handles()
```

#### 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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```go
// List global incident handles returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.ListGlobalIncidentHandles", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewIncidentsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.ListGlobalIncidentHandles(ctx, *datadogV2.NewListGlobalIncidentHandlesOptionalParameters())

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `IncidentsApi.ListGlobalIncidentHandles`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `IncidentsApi.ListGlobalIncidentHandles`:\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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// List global incident handles returns "OK" 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.IncidentHandlesResponse;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.listGlobalIncidentHandles", true);
    IncidentsApi apiInstance = new IncidentsApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      IncidentHandlesResponse result = apiInstance.listGlobalIncidentHandles();
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling IncidentsApi#listGlobalIncidentHandles");
      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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```rust
// List global incident handles returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_incidents::IncidentsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_incidents::ListGlobalIncidentHandlesOptionalParams;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.ListGlobalIncidentHandles", true);
    let api = IncidentsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .list_global_incident_handles(ListGlobalIncidentHandlesOptionalParams::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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * List global incident handles returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.listGlobalIncidentHandles"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.IncidentsApi(configuration);

apiInstance
  .listGlobalIncidentHandles()
  .then((data: v2.IncidentHandlesResponse) => {
    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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
{% /tab %}
