# Datadog outage on 26 October 2026

> On 26 October, Datadog had a major outage from 17:27 to 18:24 UTC (57 minutes) affecting Workflow Automation, App Builder, Bits Code and Agent Builder in its US1 datacenter, with Workflow Automation marked as a critical outage. The status page said workflows and App Builder apps using JavaScript or Python could fail and Bits Code sessions might not start; it reported deploying a fix at 17:40 and marked the incident resolved at 18:23. FACEIT and OpenAI also reported minor issues at the same time.

- Service: [Datadog](https://stackpulse.app/services/datadog.md)
- Severity: major_outage
- Title on the status page: Elevated Error Rates for Workflow Automation, App Builder, Bits Code, Bits Agent Builder
- Started: 2026-10-26 17:27 UTC
- Ended: 2026-10-26 18:24 UTC
- Lasted: 57 min
- Incident open on the status page: 17:26–18:23 UTC
- The status page's incident: https://stspg.io/rq69kpmmw7h6
- Page: https://stackpulse.app/services/datadog/outages/2026-10-26-1727

## What broke when (UTC)

| Component | Status | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow Automation | major outage | 2026-10-26 17:26 | 2026-10-26 17:30 |
| Workflow Automation | partial outage | 2026-10-26 17:30 | 2026-10-26 17:40 |
| Workflow Automation | degraded performance | 2026-10-26 17:40 | 2026-10-26 18:23 |
| App Builder | degraded performance | 2026-10-26 17:26 | 2026-10-26 18:23 |
| Bits AI | degraded performance | 2026-10-26 17:26 | 2026-10-26 18:23 |

## At the same time

- [FACEIT](https://stackpulse.app/services/faceit.md): issue from 2026-10-26 18:17 UTC
- [OpenAI](https://stackpulse.app/services/openai.md): issue from 2026-10-26 18:19 UTC

Problems at the same time are a clue, never proof that one caused another.

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