Delayed Distribution Monitors Evaluations

criticalDatadogJan 29, 2026 17:35Duration: 2h 20m

api

API Issue

Summary

This incident has been resolved.

Impact

critical

Timeline

Jan 29, 2026 17:35

[investigating] We are investigating delays in Monitors evaluations, which began at 17:15 UTC.

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+11m

Jan 29, 2026 17:46

[identified] We have identified the underlying issue and are working on a fix. It is important to note that no data has been lost, and evaluations will be caught up once the service is operational again.

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+20m

Jan 29, 2026 18:06

[identified] We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue. It is important to note that no data has been lost, and evaluations will be caught up once the service is operational again.

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+30m

Jan 29, 2026 18:36

[monitoring] We have deployed a fix and we are monitoring the results. We will continue to provide regular updates.

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+33m

Jan 29, 2026 19:09

[monitoring] We are continuing to monitor the fix and will continue to provide regular updates.

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+46m

Jan 29, 2026 19:55

[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 183 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.