Datadog: Elevated Error Rates for Metrics Queries

Impact: majorStatus: resolvedStarted 2026-05-01 00:45 UTCResolved 2026-05-01 01:19 UTC (34 min)3 updatesSource: stspg.io

Summary

Datadog reported a major incident affecting Metrics Queries, with some users seeing errors in metrics graphs on the web application or API. It lasted 34 min, from 2026-05-01 00:45 UTC to 2026-05-01 01:19 UTC; Datadog deployed a fix at 01:09 UTC and subsequently confirmed resolution.

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Affected components: APMMetrics and Infra Monitoring

Timeline of updates

investigating2026-05-01 00:45 UTC
We are actively investigating elevated error rates for Metrics Queries. As a result of this issue, some users may see errors with metrics graphs on the web application or API.
monitoring2026-05-01 01:09 UTC
We have deployed a fix and we are monitoring the results. We will provide another update once the service is fully operational.
resolved2026-05-01 01:19 UTC
This incident has been resolved.

Rewindex changes for this incident

Major incident: Elevated Error Rates for Metrics Queries 2026-05-01 00:45 UTC

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