# Datadog: Major incident: Delayed Processes data

**Summary:** Datadog reported a major degradation in Metrics and Infra Monitoring: increased Processes data latency caused possible Process Monitoring data delays or gaps, and related monitors were temporarily disabled to prevent spurious alerts. It started at 2025-12-12 21:49 UTC and lasted 1 h 54 min, resolving at 2025-12-12 23:43 UTC after a fix was implemented. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: degradation (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2025-12-12 21:49 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/ppc0471xzd9w](https://stspg.io/ppc0471xzd9w)
- [Company: Datadog](https://rewindex.com/company/datadog.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:274/rxrmt186707r@203ca03c85ba
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Delayed Processes data
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2025-12-12 21:49 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2025-12-12 23:43 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Metrics and Infra Monitoring
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-12-12 21:49 UTC

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+ We are investigating increased latency processing Processes data. As a result of this issue, some users may see delays or gaps for data based on Process Monitoring. To prevent spurious alerts, we have temporarily disabled monitors based on this data.
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**8. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-12-12 21:53 UTC

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+ We are continuing to investigate this issue.
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**9. Added: Update** (identified) · 2025-12-12 22:41 UTC

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+ The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
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**10. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2025-12-12 23:31 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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**11. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2025-12-12 23:43 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-12 21:49 UTC | Major incident: Delayed Processes data (this change) | degradation |

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