Watchdog Cloud & API Outage Detection is an AI-driven capability that automatically identifies external cloud and API provider degradations impacting services, helping to save time on investigations. The technology proactively detects outages, providing visibility into the blast radius of the problem, directing teams to take action via notifications, and accelerating root cause analysis. By continuously monitoring for elevated error rates in requests to external providers, Datadog can detect service degradation as soon as it occurs, giving teams a head start in identifying and mitigating issues before they escalate. With this capability, customers can minimize downtime and maintain business continuity, even in the face of external outages, by receiving clear impact visibility and actionable notifications.