Update a specific incident retrospective by id
curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/post_mortems/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '{
"data": {
"type": "incident_post_mortems",
"attributes": {
"title": "<string>",
"status": "draft",
"started_at": "<string>",
"mitigated_at": "<string>",
"resolved_at": "<string>",
"show_timeline": true,
"show_timeline_trail": true,
"show_timeline_genius": true,
"show_timeline_tasks": true,
"show_timeline_action_items": true,
"show_services_impacted": true,
"show_functionalities_impacted": true,
"show_groups_impacted": true,
"show_alerts_attached": true,
"show_action_items": true,
"cause_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}
}
}'{
"data": {
"id": "9b3cd388-9da5-4fc0-9fe8-25ca809762d0",
"type": "incident_post_mortems",
"attributes": {
"incident_id": "c1b1ebaa-70c8-45fb-b37e-05033ec8063b",
"title": "Retrospective updated",
"status": "draft",
"url": "https://test.rootly.com/account/post_mortems/sunt-repellendus-ipsa-aliquam",
"short_url": null,
"content": null,
"published_at": null,
"started_at": "2025-11-26T20:54:55.138-08:00",
"mitigated_at": null,
"resolved_at": null,
"cancelled_at": null,
"show_timeline": false,
"show_timeline_starred_only": false,
"show_timeline_genius": true,
"show_timeline_trail": true,
"show_timeline_tasks": true,
"show_timeline_action_items": true,
"show_timeline_order": "desc",
"show_functionalities_impacted": true,
"show_services_impacted": true,
"show_groups_impacted": true,
"show_action_items": true,
"created_at": "2025-11-26T20:54:55.683-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-11-26T20:55:05.587-08:00"
},
"relationships": {
"incident_retrospective_steps": {
"data": []
}
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Resource UUID
Show child attributes
incident_post_mortems Show child attributes
The title of the incident retrospective
The status of the incident retrospective
draft, published Date of started at
Date of mitigation
Date of resolution
Show events timeline of the incident retrospective
Show trail events in the timeline of the incident retrospective
Show workflow events in the timeline of the incident retrospective
Show tasks in the timeline of the incident retrospective
Show action items in the timeline of the incident retrospective
Show functionalities impacted of the incident retrospective
Show services impacted of the incident retrospective
Show groups impacted of the incident retrospective
Show alerts attached to the incident
Show action items (follow-ups) in the incident retrospective
The Cause ID's to attach to the incident retrospective
incident_post_mortem updated
Show child attributes
Unique ID of the incident retrospective
incident_post_mortems Show child attributes
The title of the incident retrospective
Date of creation
Date of last update
The content of the incident retrospective (Only if internal)
The status of the incident retrospective
draft, published Date of started at
Date of mitigation
Date of resolution
Show events timeline of the incident retrospective
Show trail events in the timeline of the incident retrospective
Show workflow events in the timeline of the incident retrospective
Show tasks in the timeline of the incident retrospective
Show action items in the timeline of the incident retrospective
The order of the incident retrospective timeline
asc, desc Show functionalities impacted of the incident retrospective
Show services impacted of the incident retrospective
Show groups impacted of the incident retrospective
Show alerts attached to the incident
The url to the incident retrospective
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curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/post_mortems/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '{
"data": {
"type": "incident_post_mortems",
"attributes": {
"title": "<string>",
"status": "draft",
"started_at": "<string>",
"mitigated_at": "<string>",
"resolved_at": "<string>",
"show_timeline": true,
"show_timeline_trail": true,
"show_timeline_genius": true,
"show_timeline_tasks": true,
"show_timeline_action_items": true,
"show_services_impacted": true,
"show_functionalities_impacted": true,
"show_groups_impacted": true,
"show_alerts_attached": true,
"show_action_items": true,
"cause_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}
}
}'{
"data": {
"id": "9b3cd388-9da5-4fc0-9fe8-25ca809762d0",
"type": "incident_post_mortems",
"attributes": {
"incident_id": "c1b1ebaa-70c8-45fb-b37e-05033ec8063b",
"title": "Retrospective updated",
"status": "draft",
"url": "https://test.rootly.com/account/post_mortems/sunt-repellendus-ipsa-aliquam",
"short_url": null,
"content": null,
"published_at": null,
"started_at": "2025-11-26T20:54:55.138-08:00",
"mitigated_at": null,
"resolved_at": null,
"cancelled_at": null,
"show_timeline": false,
"show_timeline_starred_only": false,
"show_timeline_genius": true,
"show_timeline_trail": true,
"show_timeline_tasks": true,
"show_timeline_action_items": true,
"show_timeline_order": "desc",
"show_functionalities_impacted": true,
"show_services_impacted": true,
"show_groups_impacted": true,
"show_action_items": true,
"created_at": "2025-11-26T20:54:55.683-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-11-26T20:55:05.587-08:00"
},
"relationships": {
"incident_retrospective_steps": {
"data": []
}
}
}
}