Datadog outage: Elevated Error Rates for Metrics Queries

Affected components

• Metrics and Infra Monitoring

1. resolvedMay 1, 2026, 01:19 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringMay 1, 2026, 01:09 UTC

   We have deployed a fix and we are monitoring the results. We will provide another update once the service is fully operational.

3. investigatingMay 1, 2026, 00:45 UTC

   We are actively investigating elevated error rates for Metrics Queries. As a result of this issue, some users may see errors with metrics graphs on the web application or API.

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 8 incidents in the last 90 days, 2 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 53 min. See Datadog's uptime and incident history