Update an incident
Safety module
PATCH/incidents/{id}incidents.update
An incident with dispatch. A critical incident cannot be relabeled and closed in one statement; closing requires sign-off. Updates the fields sent; omitted fields are unchanged. Requires `If-Match` with the current `ETag`: a stale tag returns 412 and a missing tag returns 428.
- Requires the capability safety.incident.write.
- OAuth scopes: safety.
- Send If-Match with the ETag you read. A stale tag returns 412; a missing tag returns 428.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 412, 422, 428, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the incident. |
Request body: IncidentUpdate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title | string | No | Short description.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| occurred_at | string (date-time) | No | When it happened. |
| zone_id | string (uuid) | null | No | Identifier of the zone. |
| latitude | number | null | No | WGS 84 latitude.Constraints: range -90 to 90 |
| longitude | number | null | No | WGS 84 longitude.Constraints: range -180 to 180 |
| severity_enum_id | string | No | Severity: a row of the canon Incident Severity enumeration.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| accuracy_m | number | null | No | Horizontal accuracy of the location in meters. |
| device_reported_at | string (date-time) | null | No | When the reporter filed it on the device, for a report queued offline. |
{
"title": "Guest Fall Near North Bar",
"occurred_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"zone_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"latitude": 25.7617,
"longitude": -80.1918,
"severity_enum_id": "ENM-097",
"accuracy_m": 8,
"device_reported_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"
}Response 200: Incident
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the incident. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| project_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the project. |
| title | string | Yes | Short description.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| occurred_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When it happened. |
| zone_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the zone. |
| latitude | number | null | Yes | WGS 84 latitude.Constraints: range -90 to 90 |
| longitude | number | null | Yes | WGS 84 longitude.Constraints: range -180 to 180 |
| severity_enum_id | string | Yes | Severity: a row of the canon Incident Severity enumeration.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| incident_number | integer | Yes | Number from the project's display key sequence.Constraints: range 1 to any |
| incident_state | "Reported" | "Dispatched" | "Contained" | "Closed" | Yes | Incident state. |
| reported_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the reporter, from the session. |
| closed_signed_off_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who signed off the closure. |
| accuracy_m | number | null | Yes | Horizontal accuracy of the location in meters. |
| device_reported_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When the reporter filed it on the device, for a report queued offline. |
| closed_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When the incident moved to Closed, from its transition ledger. |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"project_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"title": "Guest Fall Near North Bar",
"occurred_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"zone_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"latitude": 25.7617,
"longitude": -80.1918,
"severity_enum_id": "ENM-097",
"incident_number": 142,
"incident_state": "Reported",
"reported_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"closed_signed_off_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"accuracy_m": 8,
"device_reported_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"closed_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"
}Code samples
curl -X PATCH "$XOS_BASE_URL/incidents/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H 'If-Match: W/"etag-from-your-last-read"' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"title":"Guest Fall Near North Bar","occurred_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z","zone_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","latitude":25.7617,"longitude":-80.1918,"severity_enum_id":"ENM-097","accuracy_m":8,"device_reported_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"}'const { data, etag } = await xos.incidents.update("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", {
"title": "Guest Fall Near North Bar",
"occurred_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"zone_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"latitude": 25.7617,
"longitude": -80.1918,
"severity_enum_id": "ENM-097",
"accuracy_m": 8,
"device_reported_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"
}, { ifMatch: etag });response = xos.incidents.update("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", {"title": "Guest Fall Near North Bar", "occurred_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z", "zone_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "latitude": 25.7617, "longitude": -80.1918, "severity_enum_id": "ENM-097", "accuracy_m": 8, "device_reported_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"}, if_match=etag)xos incidents update 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f --data '{"title":"Guest Fall Near North Bar","occurred_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z","zone_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","latitude":25.7617,"longitude":-80.1918,"severity_enum_id":"ENM-097","accuracy_m":8,"device_reported_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"}' --if-match auto