# Datadog: Critical incident: Azure Metrics Reporting

**Summary:** Datadog reported a critical Azure metrics submission issue affecting Metrics and Infra Monitoring from 2026-05-16 02:17 UTC to 2026-05-16 03:43 UTC, lasting 1 h 25 min. A fix was implemented, and Azure metrics were reporting as expected when the incident was resolved. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-05-16 02:17 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/l0b8n3g0ysky](https://stspg.io/l0b8n3g0ysky)
- [Company: Datadog](https://rewindex.com/company/datadog.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:274/xqyrslhjs303@e3c47fd79708
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Azure Metrics Reporting
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ critical
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**3. Added: Status**

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

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+ 2026-05-16 02:17 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-05-16 03:43 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) · 2026-05-16 02:17 UTC

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+ We are investigating an issue submitting Azure metrics.
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**8. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-05-16 02:40 UTC

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+ The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
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**9. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-05-16 03:09 UTC

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+ We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
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**10. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-05-16 03:27 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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**11. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-05-16 03:43 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved and Azure metrics are reporting as expected.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-16 02:17 UTC | Critical incident: Azure Metrics Reporting (this change) | outage |

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