# Datadog: Major incident: Metrics query are disrupted

> Major incident: Metrics query are disrupted. Detected 2026-10-28 by Rewindex: what changed on Datadog’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i1c53b6d069414d
Last updated: 2026-10-28T16:44:07Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-10-28 16:40 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-28 16:44 UTC
- [Source: https://status.datadoghq.com/incidents/z0b1h0ylmhm5](https://status.datadoghq.com/incidents/z0b1h0ylmhm5)
- [Company: Datadog](https://rewindex.com/company/datadog.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:274/z0b1h0ylmhm5@c0fec3899b2d
- Change 1 of 4 for this incident

## Discussed on Hacker News

- [Is Datadog Down](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276012): 3 points, 4 comments, posted 2026-10-28 16:11 UTC, posted 29 min before the vendor’s first update

Incident page (full timeline): [Metrics query are disrupted](https://rewindex.com/company/datadog/incidents/z0b1h0ylmhm5.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Metrics query are disrupted
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ investigating
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-10-28 16:40 UTC
```

**5. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ APM, Bits AI, Cloud Cost Management, Cloud Network Monitoring, Metrics and Infra Monitoring, Product Analytics, RUM
```

**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-10-28 16:10 UTC

```diff
+ We are investigating metrics issues. As a result, some users might not be able to load dashboard or query metrics. Please note that data processing and alerts are not affected by this incident.
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-10-28 16:40 UTC

```diff
+ We are investigating the issue.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-28 16:40 UTC | Major incident: Metrics query are disrupted (this change) | outage |
| 2026-10-28 17:03 UTC | [Incident updated: Metrics query are disrupted](https://rewindex.com/change/r31623734061596.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-28 17:34 UTC | [Incident updated: Metrics query are disrupted](https://rewindex.com/change/r5691ffb8304f4d.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-28 18:44 UTC | [Incident updated: Metrics query are disrupted](https://rewindex.com/change/r6ce633a46a68fc.md) | Normal progress |

Next: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/r31623734061596.md) · All Datadog changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/datadog/changes.md)
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## Cite this

Major incident: Metrics query are disrupted on Datadog’s status page, changed 2026-10-28 16:40 UTC (change 1 of 4).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/i1c53b6d069414d
- Citation: Datadog, “Major incident: Metrics query are disrupted” (2026-10-28 16:40 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/i1c53b6d069414d (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Datadog: Major incident: Metrics query are disrupted (2026-10-28)](https://rewindex.com/change/i1c53b6d069414d)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i1c53b6d069414d · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/i1c53b6d069414d.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/i1c53b6d069414d · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T16:46:18.540Z