Add status update

POST /incidents/:id/updates

Add a status update to an incident. Customer-facing updates are shown on the status page and emailed to subscribers.

Auth: Bearer token (write scope)

Body parameters

Request

bash
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer hu_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "message": "Fix deployed, monitoring recovery.",
    "status": "monitoring"
  }' \
  "https://happyuptime.com/api/v1/incidents/inc_847/updates"

Response

json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "upd_003",
    "incident_id": "inc_847",
    "status": "monitoring",
    "message": "Fix deployed, monitoring recovery.",
    "is_internal": false,
    "created_at": "2026-03-07T15:45:00Z"
  }
}