Delayed Traces in APM Trace Search

lowDatadogAPMFeb 11, 2026 20:56Duration: 2h 48m

api

API Issue

Summary

This incident has been resolved.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Feb 11, 2026 20:56

[investigating] We are investigating increased latency processing Traces in APM Trace Search. As a result of this issue, some users may see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search and delayed APM Trace Monitors since 21:30 UTC.

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+22m

Feb 11, 2026 21:18

[identified] Teams have identified the issue and are working to mitigate at this time

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+33m

Feb 11, 2026 21:51

[identified] Teams continue to work to mitigate the impact of this issue. At this time, APM Trace Processing, APM Trace Monitors are still delayed and Distribution Metrics monitors are delayed starting from 21:35 UTC

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+37m

Feb 11, 2026 22:28

[identified] Teams continue to work to mitigate the impact of this issue. At this time, APM Trace Processing, APM Trace Monitors are still delayed. Distribution Metrics monitors were delayed between 21:35 and 22:15 UTC

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+1h

Feb 11, 2026 23:28

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

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+16m

Feb 11, 2026 23:44

[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.