diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/airbrake-api.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/airbrake-api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a3cfa72e4
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+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/airbrake-api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Groups } from './airbrake-groups';
+import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+
+export const airbrakeApiRef = createApiRef<AirbrakeApi>({
+  id: 'plugin.airbrake.service',
+});
+
+export interface AirbrakeApi {
+  fetchGroups(project: string): Promise<Groups>;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/airbrake-groups.d.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/airbrake-groups.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df4c5de120
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+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/airbrake-groups.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export interface Groups {
+  count: number;
+  end: string;
+  groups?: Group[] | null;
+  page: number;
+  resolvedCount: number;
+  unresolvedCount: number;
+}
+
+export interface Group {
+  id: string;
+  projectId: number;
+  resolved: boolean;
+  muted: boolean;
+  mutedBy: number;
+  mutedAt?: null;
+  errors?: Error[] | null;
+  attributes?: null;
+  context: Context;
+  lastDeployId: string;
+  lastDeployAt?: null;
+  lastNoticeId: string;
+  lastNoticeAt: string;
+  noticeCount: number;
+  noticeTotalCount: number;
+  commentCount: number;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
+
+export interface Error {
+  type: string;
+  message: string;
+  backtrace?: Backtrace[] | null;
+}
+
+export interface Backtrace {
+  file: string;
+  function: string;
+  line: number;
+  column: number;
+  code?: null;
+}
+
+export interface Context {
+  action: string;
+  component: string;
+  environment: string;
+  severity: string;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/index.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bad94e298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export * from './mock';
+export type { AirbrakeApi } from './airbrake-api';
+export { airbrakeApiRef } from './airbrake-api';
+export type { Groups } from './airbrake-groups';
+export { ProductionAirbrakeApi } from './production-api';
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/airbrake-groups-api-mock.json b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/airbrake-groups-api-mock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa654ec50b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/airbrake-groups-api-mock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{
+  "count": 2,
+  "end": "",
+  "groups": [
+    {
+      "id": "1",
+      "projectId": 123,
+      "resolved": false,
+      "muted": false,
+      "mutedBy": 0,
+      "mutedAt": null,
+      "errors": [
+        {
+          "type": "Error",
+          "message": "useSearch must be used within a SearchContextProvider",
+          "backtrace": [
+            {
+              "file": "webpack-internal:///../../node_modules/@backstage/plugin-search/dist/esm/index-893ec2f5.esm.js",
+              "function": "useSearch",
+              "line": 303,
+              "column": 11,
+              "code": null
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "attributes": null,
+      "context": {
+        "action": "",
+        "component": "",
+        "environment": "local",
+        "severity": "error"
+      },
+      "lastDeployId": "0",
+      "lastDeployAt": null,
+      "lastNoticeId": "234",
+      "lastNoticeAt": "2021-12-19T09:59:00.124Z",
+      "noticeCount": 5,
+      "noticeTotalCount": 5,
+      "commentCount": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2021-12-19T09:44:30.067447Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "2",
+      "projectId": 123,
+      "resolved": true,
+      "muted": false,
+      "mutedBy": 0,
+      "mutedAt": null,
+      "errors": [
+        {
+          "type": "ChunkLoadError",
+          "message": "Loading chunk 7764 failed.",
+          "backtrace": [
+            {
+              "file": "/PROJECT_ROOT/static/runtime.069c874d.js",
+              "function": "Object._.f.j",
+              "line": 1,
+              "column": 19465,
+              "code": null
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "attributes": null,
+      "context": {
+        "action": "",
+        "component": "",
+        "environment": "local",
+        "severity": "error"
+      },
+      "lastDeployId": "0",
+      "lastDeployAt": null,
+      "lastNoticeId": "345",
+      "lastNoticeAt": "2021-12-15T17:16:38.419Z",
+      "noticeCount": 1,
+      "noticeTotalCount": 1,
+      "commentCount": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2021-12-15T17:16:38.41983Z"
+    }
+  ],
+  "page": 1,
+  "resolvedCount": 1,
+  "unresolvedCount": 1
+}
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/index.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f084268951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { MockAirbrakeApi } from './mock-api';
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/mock-api.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/mock-api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df0293da7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/mock-api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Groups } from '../airbrake-groups';
+import { AirbrakeApi } from '../airbrake-api';
+import mockGroupsData from './airbrake-groups-api-mock.json';
+
+export class MockAirbrakeApi implements AirbrakeApi {
+  fetchGroups(): Promise<Groups> {
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+      setTimeout(() => resolve(mockGroupsData), 800);
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/production-api.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/production-api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37ac938752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/production-api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Groups } from './airbrake-groups';
+import { AirbrakeApi } from './airbrake-api';
+import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+
+export class ProductionAirbrakeApi implements AirbrakeApi {
+  constructor(private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi) {}
+
+  async fetchGroups(project: string): Promise<Groups> {
+    const apiUrl = `${await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl(
+      'proxy',
+    )}/airbrake/api`;
+
+    const response = await fetch(`${apiUrl}/v4/projects/${project}/groups`);
+
+    if (response.status >= 400 && response.status < 600) {
+      throw new Error('Failed fetching Airbrake issues');
+    }
+
+    return (await response.json()) as Groups;
+  }
+}