What Happened
Datadog experienced an outage on May 16, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 1 hour 25 minutes.
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Timeline
| Time (UTC) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 03:27 | Monitoring | A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. |
| 03:09 | Identified | We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue. |
| 02:40 | Identified | The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. |
| 02:17 | Investigating | We are investigating an issue submitting Azure metrics. |
| 03:46 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 1 hour 25 minutes. Datadog runs on AWS — check those status pages if you experienced cascading issues.
Resolution
Datadog has recovered and is now operational.
What To Do Next
- View Datadog live status and outage history
- Set up alerts to get notified instantly next time Datadog has an issue
- Compare Datadog reliability with other services
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