AWS outage in Bahrain and UAE

Update timeline

1. investigating Mar 02, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC

   We are currently investigating an issue where some customers with AWS resources in the Bahrain or UAE data centers may be experiencing delayed or missing metrics, tags, resource collection, due to extensive AWS API failures. Our engineering team is actively working to identify the exact impact and provide mitigation.

2. identified Mar 02, 2026, 02:22 PM UTC

   Some customers with AWS resources in the Bahrain or UAE data centers may be experiencing delayed or missing metrics, tags, resource collection, due to extensive AWS API failures. We are waiting for AWS to provide an update - you can also directly check their status page : https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

3. monitoring Mar 03, 2026, 01:35 PM UTC

   As this is tied to the ongoing AWS issue, and since it’s within AWS infrastructure, we don’t have visibility into an ETA for resolution. We continue to actively monitor on our side and will share any updates if we see changes impacting Datadog services. For the latest status, we recommend tracking the AWS Health Dashboard as they will continue to share updates there: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

4. monitoring Mar 19, 2026, 02:34 PM UTC

   We are observing a new increase in AWS failures affecting the Bahrain and UAE regions, which is causing additional delays in metrics, tags, and resource collection for customers with resources in those areas. Our engineering team is actively monitoring for current impact. As before, resolution depends on AWS restoring service in the affected regions. We recommend continuing to monitor the AWS Health Dashboard for the latest updates from their side: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

5. monitoring Mar 23, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

   We are observing a new increase in AWS failures affecting the Bahrain and UAE regions, which is causing additional delays in metrics, tags, and resource collection for customers with resources in those areas. Our engineering team is actively monitoring for current impact. As before, resolution depends on AWS restoring service in the affected regions. We recommend continuing to monitor the AWS Health Dashboard for the latest updates from their side: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

6. monitoring Apr 01, 2026, 03:00 AM UTC

   We are observing a new increase in AWS failures affecting the Bahrain and UAE regions, which is causing additional delays in metrics, tags, and resource collection for customers with resources in those areas. Our engineering team is actively monitoring for current impact. As before, resolution depends on AWS restoring service in the affected regions. We recommend continuing to monitor the AWS Health Dashboard for the latest updates from their side: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status