Delayed Traces in APM

lowDatadogAPMFeb 12, 2026 00:57Duration: 1h 11m

api

API Issue

Summary

This incident has been resolved.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Feb 12, 2026 00:57

[investigating] We are investigating increased latency processing Traces in APM Trace Search and AWS streams metrics. As a result of this issue, some users may see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search, and delayed AWS stream metrics since 00:13 UTC.

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Feb 12, 2026 01:20

[identified] The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

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+12m

Feb 12, 2026 01:32

[monitoring] A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

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Feb 12, 2026 01:49

[monitoring] The remaining impact is limited to AWS Streams metrics. We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

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Feb 12, 2026 02:08

[resolved] This incident has been resolved.

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Lessons Learned

⚠Datadog has experienced 33 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to api have occurred 184 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: API Issue. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.