What Datadog shipped in August 2026

Debug live production code without redeploying with Datadog Live Debugger

Datadog introduces a new Live Debugger feature that allows developers to debug live production code without redeploying applications, reducing downtime and improving debugging efficiency.

Monitor Azure Functions across every hosting plan with Datadog

Datadog announces expanded monitoring capabilities for Azure Functions, covering all hosting plans. This enhances observability for serverless workloads.

Pricing change detected for Datadoghq

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Feature Flags (On-Demand): promotion ended (was: Usage below 1 million monthly flag configuration requests is included at no cost.) - Feature Flags (On-Demand): allowa…

Control trace volume with OpenTelemetry tail-based sampling

Datadog introduces OpenTelemetry tail-based sampling to help users manage trace volume more effectively, reducing costs and improving observability efficiency.

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Feature Flags (On-Demand): promotion changed — Usage below 1 million monthly flag configuration requests is included at no cost. - Feature Flags (Annual): promotion ch

Trace AWS Lambda durable functions with Datadog

Datadog announces support for tracing AWS Lambda durable functions, enabling better observability for serverless workflows.

Two ways to measure the cumulative impact of experiments

Datadog's blog post outlines methodologies for measuring the cumulative effects of experiments, likely in the context of A/B testing or feature rollouts.

Centralize human and agentic work with Datadog Work Management

Datadog launches Work Management, a new feature designed to centralize human and agentic work within its platform. This aims to streamline workflows and improve collaboration.

How we improved APM Java startup by encoding a prefix trie as a JVM constant

Datadog shares technical details on optimizing their Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Java agent startup time by implementing a prefix trie encoded as a JVM constant.

Instrument serverless apps with agentic onboarding

Datadog announces a new agentic onboarding feature for serverless applications, enabling automated setup and instrumentation. This simplifies the process of integrating serverless apps with Datadog's …

This Month in Datadog - July 2026

Datadog's monthly blog post recapping product updates, new features, and community highlights for July 2026.

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Feature Flags (On-Demand): allowance changed from 1 million included at no cost to 1 million MFCRs included at no cost - Feature Flags (Annual): allowance changed from

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - AI Credits (Annual): added annual billing at $1.30/mo - Feature Flags (On-Demand): allowance changed from 1 milli

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Log Management — Ingest (Annual): annual price $0.10/mo → $0.0833/mo - Log Management — Flex Storage (Annual): an

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - New tier: Log Management — Log Forwarding to Custom Destinations (On-Demand) (Custom pricing) - New tier: Log Management — Log Forwarding to Custom Destinations (Annua