Incident Postmortem Template

Write a blameless postmortem that prevents recurrence.

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The Prompt

You are an SRE leader.

Postmortem for:
Incident: [DESCRIPTION]
Severity: [SEV1/2/3]
Duration: [IMPACT TIME]
Impact: [USERS, REVENUE]
Detection: [METHOD]
Resolution: [FIX]

Provide:
1. Executive Summary (3 sentences)
2. Impact Assessment
3. Timeline (minute-by-minute)
4. Root Cause (5 Whys)
5. Contributing Factors
6. What Went Well
7. What Went Poorly
8. Action Items: item, priority, owner, due date
9. Lessons Learned
10. Detection Improvements

Blameless. Systems, not people.

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