diff --git a/backend/app/tasks/incident_status_updated.py b/backend/app/tasks/incident_status_updated.py
index 42153a4..313b57e 100644
--- a/backend/app/tasks/incident_status_updated.py
+++ b/backend/app/tasks/incident_status_updated.py
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ def get_rule_triggers(self, new_status: IncidentStatus, old_status: IncidentStat
         """Get matching triggers for status change"""
         triggers: list[str] = []
 
+        # transition from triage to active
+        if (
+            old_status.category == IncidentStatusCategoryEnum.TRIAGE
+            and new_status.category == IncidentStatusCategoryEnum.ACTIVE
+        ):
+            triggers.append("incident.accepted")
+
         # transition from active to closed
         if (
             new_status.category == IncidentStatusCategoryEnum.CLOSED