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POST
/
faults
Create a fault
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.altostrat.io/faults \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "resource_id": "dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4",
  "microservice_id": "manual-api-entry",
  "type": "wan-degradation",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "message": "WAN link latency high: Primary link (WAN1) latency is elevated",
  "cause": "Latency probe exceeded 250ms for 5 consecutive checks.",
  "resource_ancestry_path": "site_8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h|dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4"
}'
{
  "id": "flt_31pkd1t8FvW7qZv0jG2a9kH5mB1",
  "resource_id": "dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4",
  "customer_id": "cus_1i2j3k4l5m6n7o8p",
  "microservice_id": "wantunnel-monitor",
  "type": "wantunnel",
  "status": "unresolved",
  "severity": "CRITICAL",
  "message": "WAN link failover: Primary link (WAN1) is down",
  "cause": "Probe failed: Latency exceeded 500ms threshold",
  "created_at": "2025-10-21T12:00:00.000000Z",
  "resolved_at": null,
  "resource_ancestry_path": "site_8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h|dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4",
  "ttl": 1797825595,
  "comments": [
    {
      "user_id": "user_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8",
      "comment": "Contacted ISP, they are investigating a local outage.",
      "created_at": "2025-10-21T12:05:30.000000Z"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

API requests are authenticated using a JSON Web Token (JWT) provided in the Authorization header.

Body

application/json

The details of the fault to create.

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resource_id
string
required

The unique identifier of the resource experiencing the fault.

Example:

"dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4"

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microservice_id
string
required

The identifier of the microservice reporting the fault.

Example:

"manual-api-entry"

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type
string
required

A slug-style category for the fault.

Example:

"wan-degradation"

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severity
enum<string>
required

The severity level of the fault.

Available options:
LOW,
MEDIUM,
HIGH,
CRITICAL,
WARNING
Example:

"HIGH"

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message
string
required

A concise, human-readable summary of the fault.

Example:

"WAN link latency high: Primary link (WAN1) latency is elevated"

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cause
string
required

A detailed explanation of the probable cause.

Example:

"Latency probe exceeded 250ms for 5 consecutive checks."

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resource_ancestry_path
string

Optional. A pipe-delimited | string for hierarchical context.

Example:

"site_8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h|dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4"

Response

The newly created fault object.

The Fault object represents a detected issue or event within the network.

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id
string

A unique identifier for the fault object, prefixed with flt_.

Example:

"flt_31pkd1t8FvW7qZv0jG2a9kH5mB1"

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resource_id
string

The unique identifier of the resource that experienced the fault.

Example:

"dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4"

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customer_id
string

The unique identifier of the customer account this fault belongs to.

Example:

"cus_1i2j3k4l5m6n7o8p"

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microservice_id
string

The identifier of the microservice that reported the fault.

Example:

"wantunnel-monitor"

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type
string

The category or type of the fault.

Example:

"wantunnel"

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status
enum<string>

The current status of the fault.

Available options:
unresolved,
resolved
Example:

"unresolved"

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severity
enum<string>

The severity level of the fault.

Available options:
LOW,
MEDIUM,
HIGH,
CRITICAL,
WARNING
Example:

"CRITICAL"

โ€‹
message
string

A concise, human-readable summary of the fault.

Example:

"WAN link failover: Primary link (WAN1) is down"

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cause
string

A detailed explanation of the probable cause of the fault.

Example:

"Probe failed: Latency exceeded 500ms threshold"

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created_at
string<date-time>

The timestamp when the fault was first detected and created.

Example:

"2025-10-21T12:00:00.000000Z"

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resolved_at
string<date-time> | null

The timestamp when the fault was resolved. Null if the fault is still active.

Example:

null

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resource_ancestry_path
string | null

A pipe-delimited | string representing the hierarchical location of the resource, used for filtering faults by a parent resource (e.g., a specific site).

Example:

"site_8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h|dev_2j4k2l2j3k4l2j3k4"

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ttl
integer | null

A Unix timestamp indicating when the fault record will automatically expire from the database.

Example:

1797825595

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comments
object[]

A list of comments associated with the fault, ordered from oldest to newest.