# Reporting incidents

Integrate [Uptime](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/start/) to automatically **create incidents for specific error groups**, streamlining your incident response workflow.

This integration allows you to leverage Uptime's powerful [on-call scheduling](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/getting-started-with-oncall-v2/) and [escalation policies](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/escalation-policies/) to ensure critical errors are addressed promptly.

## Set up the integration

1. Navigate to **Errors** -> [Integrations](https://errors.betterstack.com/team/0/integrations/ ";_blank").
2. Find the **Uptime** integration and click **Add**.
3. Select **Teams** or **Escalation policies** that can be notified.
4. Configure when you want the incident to be created automatically.
5. Click **Save changes**.

![Uptime integration configuration](https://imagedelivery.net/xZXo0QFi-1_4Zimer-T0XQ/bed6c3c1-3e2c-4efe-a3f4-42b27214d800/md2x =2736x1916)

## Simplify your workflow

*   **Automate incident creation**: Automatically trigger incidents in Uptime when critical error groups are detected, reducing manual overhead and accelerating response times.
*   **Centralized incident management**: Leverage Uptime's robust [incident management](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/incidents/) features, including on-call scheduling, escalations, and post-mortems, for all errors.
*   **Context-rich incidents**: Incidents automatically include relevant error details, stack traces, and affected users, providing your on-call team with immediate context for faster debugging.
*   **Flexible escalation**: Direct errors to the right team or escalation policy based on their severity or application impact.

## Create incidents manually

Even if you don't enable automatic incident creation, you can manually **trigger an incident directly from any error group**. This is useful for ad-hoc situations or when an error warrants immediate on-call attention.

1. Navigate to [Errors](https://errors.betterstack.com/team/0/errors/ ";_blank").
2. Click on any error group to view its details.
3. Click the **Report an incident** button in the upper right corner.

![Report an incident button](https://imagedelivery.net/xZXo0QFi-1_4Zimer-T0XQ/4437dde7-f87c-4d8e-9c5e-0ff8f354d000/public =2250x1126)

A modal window will appear, allowing you to customize the incident before it's created.

![Incident reporting modal](https://imagedelivery.net/xZXo0QFi-1_4Zimer-T0XQ/898edebb-0f9c-4da8-f576-910f16663a00/public =2324x2202)