Track Datadog Agent releases and monitoring API changes
Stay ahead of Datadog Agent updates that can change your monitoring behavior
APIDrift monitors Datadog Agent releases for configuration changes, metric collection modifications, and integration updates that affect your observability stack.
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Sources tracked
GitHub Releases
Source type
standard
Content depth
Datadog Agent updates can silently change what you're monitoring
The Datadog Agent is the foundation of your observability stack. Major version bumps can change metric names, alter collection intervals, deprecate integrations, and modify configuration file formats. These changes directly affect your dashboards, alerts, and SLOs.
“Datadog Agent 7 renamed a bunch of system metrics. Our CPU utilization alerts stopped firing because the metric name changed from system.cpu.user to system.cpu.user.pct. We didn't notice for a week because the dashboards still showed data — just from the wrong metric.”
Manual monitoring vs APIDrift
Without APIDrift
Check frequency
When you remember
Change classification
Read every line yourself
Alert timing
Days or weeks late
Team visibility
Tribal knowledge
Setup time
Bookmarks, RSS, custom scripts
With APIDrift
Check frequency
Every 6 hours, automatically
Change classification
AI-powered severity & type tagging
Alert timing
Same-day smart digests
Team visibility
Shared watchlist & history
Setup time
One click, 30 seconds
What APIDrift tracks for Datadog
Agent version releases
Major and minor version bumps with configuration changes, new defaults, and deprecated features
Metric collection changes
Metric name modifications, collection interval changes, and new metric types
Integration updates
Built-in integration changes, check configuration modifications, and custom check API updates
How it works
Add Datadog to your watchlist
One click. No config needed.
We scrape & diff every 6 hours
AI classifies each change by type and severity.
Get smart digests
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Example: What an alert looks like
v7.55.0: Python 2 check support completely removed — custom checks must use Python 3
All custom checks using Python 2 syntax will fail. Ensure all custom checks are Python 3 compatible before upgrading.
v7.54.0: Legacy configuration file format deprecated — migrate to YAML v2 schema
The legacy configuration format (pre-6.x style) is deprecated and will be removed in Agent 8. Use the datadog.yaml v2 schema.
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