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Datadog outage: Delayed Traces in APM Trace Search

Datadog reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on Mar 27, 2026, 18:57 UTC. It was resolved after 33 min.

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Mar 27, 2026, 18:57 UTC
started
Mar 27, 2026, 19:30 UTC
resolved
33 min
duration
Major
impact

Affected components

  • APM

Timeline

updates from Datadog's status page ↗
  1. resolvedMar 27, 2026, 19:30 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoringMar 27, 2026, 19:21 UTC

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

  3. identifiedMar 27, 2026, 19:17 UTC

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

  4. investigatingMar 27, 2026, 18:57 UTC

    We are investigating increased latency in processing and storing Traces in APM. As a result of this issue, some users may see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search since 5pm UTC. They may also experience delay in APM trace-based monitors.

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.

Other services with incidents at the same time

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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

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Datadog outage on Mar 27, 2026: Delayed Traces in APM Trace Search · APIStatus.watch