Releasesby IbisFill in incident custom fields without leaving Slack
UpdateyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 14, 2026
Incident custom fields in Grafana IRM work in the Grafana Cloud app for Slack. Responders can record the details your team tracks without switching to the browser. Declare an incident The Declare incident dialog box includes your organization’s mandatory custom fields. Fill them in when you declare the incident, or leave them for later.
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