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Create a collaborative postmortem

Prepare evidence, start a shared document, and submit a version for review.

Before you start

Intended audience

Incident owners and responders who write a postmortem together.

Required permissions

You need permission to create and edit the incident postmortem.

Prerequisites

  • Open a resolved incident.
  • Make sure that its key evidence is recorded.

Procedure

Prepare the draft

  1. Step 1 of 7

    Open Postmortem

    Open the incident. Select Postmortem.

  2. Step 2 of 7

    Review included evidence

    Review Included evidence. All available evidence is selected by default.

  3. Step 3 of 7

    Add operator context

    Use Operator context for decisions, uncertainty, or constraints missing from the incident record.

  4. Step 4 of 7

    Choose how to begin

    Select Write from scratch for direct editing. Select Prepare assistant proposal to capture evidence and request a proposed revision.

Collaborate and submit

  1. Step 5 of 7

    Review the assistant proposal

    Copy revision instructions into your connected local assistant. Copying does not start the assistant. Review the returned proposal, then select Apply to working draft.

  2. Step 6 of 7

    Edit together

    Select Edit document. Use the shared editor and its document controls. Wait until Tellagen shows Saved draft before you submit. This confirms that the backend saved the draft.

  3. Step 7 of 7

    Submit a version

    Select Submit changes. Tellagen creates an immutable submitted version. Applying an assistant proposal only saves the working draft.

You are done when…

The incident has a synchronized postmortem document and a submitted version with reviewed evidence.

Troubleshooting

The postmortem is not ready to submit.

Add document content, wait for Saved draft, and confirm your edit permission. Section checks are advisory; check the claims against the evidence.

A collaborator cannot edit.

Confirm the user has access to the workspace and the room token was issued for the exact incident postmortem.

The evidence list contains an unsupported item.

Clear that item before preparing a proposal. Record better evidence when needed.

Changes are not synchronized.

Keep the editor open. The local draft remains in the editor while it reconnects. Submit only after Tellagen shows Saved draft. If that state does not return, ask a workspace manager to check collaboration availability.

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