Welcome to Your New Retrospective Experience: More Customizable, Collaborative, and Powerful Than Ever

At FireHydrant, we believe that what happens after incidents is just as important as what happens during – and that’s why Retrospectives have always been a cornerstone of our product. Today, we’re proud to introduce the most powerful, customizable, and collaborative retrospective experience you’ll find anywhere. This furthers our commitment to giving every stage of the incident lifecycle the attention it deserves – from the beginning (Signals) to the middle (automated incident response) to the end (Retrospectives).

Thanks to the best practices we gained from the acquisition of Blameless and your invaluable feedback 💌, we’ve reimagined Retrospectives from the ground up. Here are some highlights:

📑 Create tailored templates for specific teams or incident types.

👯 Collaborate seamlessly with real-time collaborative editing.

🎨 Customize styling with a new rich text editor for polished, professional reports.

💪 Streamline workflows with a new Runbook step to automate attaching one or more Retrospective Templates to Incidents.

🤖 Put AI to work with AI-generated answers to any of your Retrospective questions.

👌 And so much more!

Join the Waitlist!

The new experience is now in beta, but we can’t wait for you to dive in, so we’ve opened up a waitlist! Sign up today, and we’ll do everything we can to get you in ASAP.

Why the New FireHydrant Retrospectives Are a Game Changer

1. Flexibility like never before

No two incidents or teams are the same, so why should your Retrospectives be? With customizable Templates and deeper configuration options, you can create retros that fit perfectly for any scenario. With our new Templates, you can choose what critical incident data you want added to your Retrospective, ensuring everything you need is all in one place.

When opening a new Template, we provide out-of-the-box best practices and suggestions to help your team structure Retrospectives in the most productive and useful way.

2. Collaboration that feels effortless

Retrospectives are a team effort, and we’ve made it easier than ever to work together. Add context with instructional text, format answers with our rich text editor, and collaborate with ease with real-time, collaborative editing.

3. Efficiency that makes post-incident life easier

Nobody loves digging through Slack, tickets, and various systems for hours trying to piece together what happened. FireHydrant has always streamlined Retrospective creation, and now it’s even better. Automatically attach one or more Templates to incidents based on any set conditions, generate answers with AI, and attach multiple Templates to incidents for maximum efficiency.

4. Polished, beautiful reports

We think your retros should put in as much work as you do – that’s why we gave them a huge redesign and added tons of ways to format and customize them to look just the way you want. Whether exporting to Google Docs, Confluence, or PDF, your Retrospective’s formatting stays intact.

Join the Waitlist to Experience a Whole New Retrospective

Retrospectives aren’t just about looking back — they’re about setting up your team for future success. By giving you more control, flexibility, and collaboration tools, these updates empower your team to focus on what really matters: learning from incidents and improving over time.

We can’t wait to see how you use these new features to level up your Retrospectives – join the waitlist to get your hands on them first.