Datadog Monitor No Data Alerts Not Working

How to fix it

Try these in order — the most common fix is first.

1. 1. Enable No Data notifications

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   1. Edit monitor > Configure notifications
   2. Set If data is missing to Show NO DATA and notify
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2. 2. Reduce false alerts

   1. Turn off Require a Full Window of Data for steady metrics
   Did this fix it? Yes No

3. 3. Size the timeframe

   1. Make no_data_timeframe at least 2x the evaluation window
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4. 4. Check Datadog status

   1. If many monitors show No Data, check status.datadoghq.com for incidents
   Did this fix it? Yes No

Symptoms

No Data alerts fire randomly, or never fire.

Why it happens

• Notify no data disabled by default
• Require full window of data on
• no_data_timeframe too short
• Paused synthetic test

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• datadog false no data alerts

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