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Datadog outage: Delayed Metrics

Datadog reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on Apr 15, 2026, 22:38 UTC. It was resolved after 1h 59m.

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Apr 15, 2026, 22:38 UTC
started
Apr 16, 2026, 00:37 UTC
resolved
1h 59m
duration
Major
impact

Affected components

  • Metrics and Infra Monitoring
  1. resolvedApr 16, 2026, 00:37 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoringApr 16, 2026, 00:32 UTC

    We have resolved the lag in distribution metrics and we are monitoring the results. We will provide another update once the issue is fully resolved.

  3. investigatingApr 15, 2026, 23:54 UTC

    We are still investigating increased latency processing Distribution Metrics, delays have gone down but have not fully recovered.

  4. investigatingApr 15, 2026, 23:16 UTC

    We are investigating increased latency processing Distribution Metrics. As a result of this issue, some users may see delays or gaps for distribution metrics on graphs. To prevent false monitor alerts due to delayed data, monitors affected by the delay will not notify and will automatically resume once current data is available. All other monitors will operate normally.

  5. investigatingApr 15, 2026, 22:38 UTC

    We are investigating increased latency processing Metrics. As a result of this issue, some users may see delays or gaps for metrics on graphs. To prevent false monitor alerts due to delayed data, monitors affected by the delay will not notify and will automatically resume once current data is available. All other monitors will operate normally.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Datadog's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Datadog have incidents?

Datadog reported 12 incidents in the last 90 days, 2 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 47 min. See Datadog's uptime and incident history

Datadog outage on Apr 15, 2026: Delayed Metrics · APIStatus.watch