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# Grouping incidents

When the same incident fires multiple times, Spike groups them under the original incident rather than creating new ones. This keeps your dashboard clean and gives you a clear picture of how often an issue is recurring.

<figure><img src="/files/XFcaReI9cq3271NOqGOa" alt="Grouped incidents on Spike"><figcaption><p>Repeated incidents are grouped under the original with a repeat count.</p></figcaption></figure>

Each grouped incident shows:

* How many times it has repeated
* When it first occurred
* When it last occurred
* When each recurrence happened

This helps you judge whether an issue is a one-off or a pattern. If an incident has repeated dozens of times, it's likely affecting your customers and worth prioritizing over something that fired once.