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Postmortem
A document written after an incident, once the service is restored, recording what happened, how the service was restored, what contributed, and what will change. It is not the incident record, not the problem record, and not a runbook. A meeting about how a sprint went is a different practice and is not this document.
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Definition
What Postmortem means
Labels
en Postmortem
Synonyms
enpost-mortempost-incident reviewincident review
Inherited wordsParent labels count as synonyms, and synonyms are inherited.
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Properties
What we can say about Postmortem
These properties describe meanings and reference targets. Storage types, required fields, and cardinality belong to the consuming data model.
| Property | Meaning | Values and units |
|---|---|---|
| Postmortem incident | The incident this document reviews. Writing the document does not reopen or replace the incident. | Values reference Incident |