Metrics data ingestion delayed and monitor evaluations degraded

highDatadogMonitoringDec 9, 2025 20:16Duration: 3h 29m

api

API Issue

Summary

This incident has been resolved.

Impact

major

Timeline

Oct 28, 2025 18:32

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

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+3h 29m

Oct 28, 2025 22:01

[resolved] This incident has been resolved.

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+1006h 15m

Dec 9, 2025 20:16

[investigating] We’re currently monitoring an issue causing delays in distribution metric processing in our US1 region.

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+20m

Dec 9, 2025 20:36

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

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+24m

Dec 9, 2025 21:00

[monitoring] Live distribution metrics are available and being evaluated for all monitors. Gaps in graphs from the beginning of the incident are in the process of being backfilled.

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+8m

Dec 9, 2025 21:08

[resolved] This incident has been resolved. Live data is being processed normally and gaps in distribution metrics on graphs will be backfilled within the next hour.

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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 186 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.