# Datadog: Delayed APM metric ingestion

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2025-12-12 18:37 UTC · Resolved: 2025-12-12 21:52 UTC · Duration: 3.3 h
- Updates: 5 · Affected components: Metrics and Infra Monitoring
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/qwpxql6b48pl](https://stspg.io/qwpxql6b48pl)
- [Company: Datadog](https://rewindex.com/company/datadog.md)

## Summary

Datadog reported a major APM and process metric ingestion delay starting 2025-12-12 18:37 UTC, affecting monitor evaluation and causing some incorrect alerts. The incident was resolved at 2025-12-12 21:52 UTC after 3 h 15 min; APM impact ended, while remaining live process data impact was tracked in a separate incident. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2025-12-12 18:37 UTC: We are currently investigating lag in ingesting apm metrics, which affects monitor evaluation.
- **investigating** 2025-12-12 18:55 UTC: We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- **investigating** 2025-12-12 19:26 UTC: We are currently investigating lag in ingesting apm and process metrics, which affects monitor evaluation and in some cases led to incorrect monitor alerts.
- **identified** 2025-12-12 20:53 UTC: We have identified the issue affecting ingestion delays in apm and process metrics and are working on recovery
- **resolved** 2025-12-12 21:52 UTC: All impact related to APM metrics has been resolved.  A separate incident has been created to track the remaining impact in live process data.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2025-12-12 18:37 UTC: [Major incident: Delayed APM metric ingestion](https://rewindex.com/change/i33e86d9b87762e.md)


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