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Differentiating Service Incidents and Standard Issues

Understand how Zendesk distinguishes between service incidents and standard issues.

How does Zendesk differentiate between service incidents and standard issues?

Zendesk differentiates between service incidents and standard issues through a thorough evaluation process by the Customer Support team.

If an issue is part of an existing service incident, it is linked to that incident. If it's a new issue, a service incident is created based on its severity. Standard issues that aren't related to service incidents follow a troubleshooting path to resolve or escalate as needed.


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