Welcome to Rootly Academy.

Tools are only part of successful incident response.



Equip responders with the skills, confidence, and experience to succeed when it matters most.

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What to expect.

Build confidence to handle incidents, understand on-call expectations, take strong ownership, and know when to escalate or bring in help.

You’ll run efficient incident calls, keep response efforts moving, and communicate clearly under pressure to build trust.

Learn through realistic incident drills.

Master proven response strategies.

Spot skill gaps across your team.

Receive personalized feedback.

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What’s a drill?

Drills are high-pressure, real incident simulations with a fictive team—run in a safe environment, using real tools like Grafana, Slack, Rootly, and more.

Practice real scenarios, build confidence, and sharpen your incident response skills.

30+ real-world incident drills.

Behavioral Challenges

Communication, coordination, and decision-making under pressure.

Third Party Issues

External dependencies, vendor problems, and supply chain disruptions.

Technical Outages

System failures, performance degradation, and service disruptions.

Security Issues

Breaches, vulnerabilities, and security incident response.

Radar chart showing scores on five categories: Internal Comms (2), External Comms (2), Incident Mechanics (3), Command Incident (1.5), and Identify Scope (2).

Skills you’ll learn.

A framework of +40 measurable skills organized into 4 core competencies​.

Grade 0 | Practitioner

Handles day-to-day issues.

Grade 1 | Associate

Coordinates responses to incidents.

Grade 2 | Professional

Manages high severity incidents.

Grade 3 | Expert

Manages critical incidents.

How drills work.

Step into a realistic scenario

Begin in a realistic e-commerce simulation—review the scenario, objectives, and expectations before practicing.

Build skills under pressure

When you start, a chat opens so you can work with your team, check data, fix problems, and handle alerts like a real outage.

Learn and track your growth

Get hints when you’re stuck, plus feedback on key skills. End with detailed reports showing strengths and improvements.

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Getting started.

1

Book your first session

Schedule your onboarding session to kick off a series of three guided drills.

2

Join the guided onboarding

A facilitator from the Uptime Labs walks the user through the platform and their first drill.

3

Complete drills and get insights

We analyze drills performance and prepare a report with key insights and recommendations.

Start your incident readiness journey today.