Linked resources in incidents

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• Introduced in GitLab 15.3 with a flag named incident_resource_links_widget. Disabled by default.
• Enabled on GitLab.com in GitLab 15.3.
• Generally available in GitLab 15.5. Feature flag incident_resource_links_widget removed.

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To help your team members find the important links without having to search through many comments, you can add linked resources to an incident issue.

Resources you might want link to:

• The incident Slack channel
• Zoom meeting
• Resources for resolving the incidents

View linked resources of an incident

Linked resources for an incident are listed under the Summary tab.

To view the linked resources of an incident:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your project.
2. Select Monitor > Incidents.
3. Select an incident.

Add a linked resource

Add a linked resource manually from an incident.

Prerequisites:

• You must have the Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, or Owner role for the project.

To add a linked resource:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your project.
2. Select Monitor > Incidents.
3. Select an incident.
4. In the Linked resources section, select the plus icon ({{< icon name="plus-square" >}}).
5. Complete the required fields.
6. Select Add.

Using a quick action

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To add multiple links to an incident, use the /link quick action:

/link https://example.link.us/j/123456789

You can also submit a short description with the link. The description shows instead of the URL in the Linked resources section of the incident:

/link https://example.link.us/j/123456789 multiple alerts firing

Link Zoom meetings from an incident

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Use the /zoom quick action to add multiple Zoom links to an incident:

/zoom https://example.zoom.us/j/123456789

You can also submit a short optional description with the link. The description shows instead of the URL in the Linked resources section of the incident issue:

/zoom https://example.zoom.us/j/123456789 Low on memory incident

Remove a linked resource

You can also remove a linked resource.

Prerequisites:

• You must have the Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, or Owner role for the project.

To remove a linked resource:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your project.
2. Select Monitor > Incidents.
3. Select an incident.
4. In the Linked resources section, select Remove ({{< icon name="close" >}}).