Delayed Events

lowDatadogMonitoringJan 18, 2026 12:33Duration: 1h 51m

api

API Issue

Summary

This incident is resolved. There's no more delay for the processing of Events, nor impact on the event stream, event based widgets and event based monitors.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Jan 18, 2026 12:33

[identified] We are investigating increased latency processing Events. As a result of this issue, some users may see delays or gaps in the event stream or for event based widgets or event based monitors.

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+2m

Jan 18, 2026 12:35

[identified] We have identified the issue and scaled up for recovery, with a recovery estimated to be around 14h30 UTC. We'll continue to give updates as recovery progresses.

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+51m

Jan 18, 2026 13:26

[identified] Recovery is in progress and the new estimated time of recovery would be 14h30 UTC.

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+58m

Jan 18, 2026 14:24

[resolved] This incident is resolved. There's no more delay for the processing of Events, nor impact on the event stream, event based widgets and event based monitors.

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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 182 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.