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Incident → Update

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Summary

Update an existing incident by merging provided fields into its record.

Inputs

  • incidentId (required) — Unique identifier of the incident to update.
  • description — New description text for the incident.
  • first_seen — Timestamp of when the incident was first observed.
  • last_seen — Timestamp of the most recent observation of the incident.
  • name — Human‑readable name of the incident.
  • severity — Severity level assigned to the incident.

Output shape

a single Incident object containing all incident fields after the update

The response includes the full updated incident record; fields not provided in updateFields remain unchanged.

Examples

Example 1: Patch the description and severity of incident with ID '12345'.

incidentId: '12345', updateFields: { description: 'Phishing attempt', severity: 'high' }

Example 2: Set first_seen and last_seen dates to capture the incident timeline.

incidentId: '98765', updateFields: { first_seen: '2024-09-01T10:00:00Z', last_seen: '2024-09-02T15:30:00Z' }

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