Delayed Traces in APM

What to do

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• Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 4h 33m it lasted.

  Anything that failed between 2026-11-09 16:02 UTC and 2026-11-09 20:35 UTC may need a replay.

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Updates from Datadog 3

1. updateNov 9, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC

   Nov 9, 16:02 UTC Identified - We are facing increased latency processing Traces in APM Trace Search. As a result of this issue, some users may see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search since Nov 9, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC. Root cause have been identified and we are currently catching-up with the lag. To prevent false monitor alerts due to delayed data, monitors affected by the delay will not notify and will automatically resume once current data is available. All other monitors will operate normally.

   provider

2. resolvedNov 9, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

   Nov 9, 16:34 UTC Identified - The issue has been fixed, and APM Live data is fully available. We are continuing to process the backlog. Some users may still see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search while we catch up. Nov 9, 16:02 UTC Identified - We are facing increased latency processing Traces in APM Trace Search. As a result of this issue, some users may see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search since Nov 9, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC. Root cause have been identified and we are currently catching-up with the lag. To prevent false monitor alerts due to delayed data, monitors affected by the delay will not notify and will automatically resume once current data is available. All other monitors will operate normally.

   provider

3. resolvedNov 9, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC

   Nov 9, 20:35 UTC Resolved - We have seen recovery on live data for APM. We are continuing to process the backlog. Some users may still see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search while we catch up. Nov 9, 16:34 UTC Identified - The issue has been fixed, and APM Live data is fully available. We are continuing to process the backlog. Some users may still see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search while we catch up. Nov 9, 16:02 UTC Identified - We are facing increased latency processing Traces in APM Trace Search. As a result of this issue, some users may see missing or delayed traces in APM Trace Search since Nov 9, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC. Root cause have been identified and we are currently catching-up with the lag. To prevent false monitor alerts due to delayed data, monitors affected by the delay will not notify and will automatically resume once current data is available. All other monitors will operate normally.

   provider

Corrections

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