From 9745c4ded9941f49db89fc354c73c9a630818303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teddy Gesbert Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:03:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added retention + small edits Add retention period to 2 years and changed Change lead time requirement for better clarity. --- content/en/dora_metrics/data_collected/_index.md | 6 ++++-- content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/dora_metrics/data_collected/_index.md b/content/en/dora_metrics/data_collected/_index.md index 7307c86f897..6397159daba 100644 --- a/content/en/dora_metrics/data_collected/_index.md +++ b/content/en/dora_metrics/data_collected/_index.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ DORA Metrics generates events that have associated fields and tags. |Commit | A commit event is generated for each individual commit included in a deployment. These events contain metadata and are automatically linked to the corresponding deployment. |Failure | A failure in production, such as an incident, rollback, or alert. -#### Default tags +**Note**: DORA Metrics events have a 2-year retention period. + +### Default tags All events contain the following tags if any are available: @@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ All events contain the following tags if any are available: For more information about using tags, see [Getting Started with Tags][6]. -#### Custom tags +### Custom tags In addition to the tags above, deployment and failure events can be enriched with custom tags to filter DORA Metrics. There are three potential sources for these tags: diff --git a/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md b/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md index 2eb106ff5f6..798342814ab 100644 --- a/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md +++ b/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ For service deployments tracked by APM to contribute to change lead time, ensure ### Requirements for calculating change lead time - Your application telemetry is tagged with Git information. You can enable this [in APM][101] or see the [Source Code Integration documentation][102]. -- Your repository metadata is synchronized to Datadog through the [GitHub integration][103] or by the `datadog-ci git-metadata upload` command. +- Your [repository metadata is synchronized to DataDog](#synchronize-repository-metadata-to-datadog). + [101]: https://app.datadoghq.com/source-code/setup/apm [102]: /integrations/guide/source-code-integration/?tab=go#tag-your-telemetry-with-git-information @@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ For service deployments tracked by the DORA Metrics API or the `datadog-ci dora ### Requirements for calculating change lead time - The attributes `repository_url` and `commit_sha` are included in the deployment events payload. -- Your repository metadata is synchronized to Datadog through the [GitHub integration][101] or by the `datadog-ci git-metadata upload` command. +- Your [repository metadata is synchronized to DataDog](#synchronize-repository-metadata-to-datadog). [101]: /integrations/github/ From ca444ed7acc94f35f3711b3ffe651d4ff806a91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teddy Gesbert <94978881+Tecoddy@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:53:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md Co-authored-by: Joe Peeples --- content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md b/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md index 798342814ab..fd9b5108f7b 100644 --- a/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md +++ b/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ For service deployments tracked by APM to contribute to change lead time, ensure ### Requirements for calculating change lead time - Your application telemetry is tagged with Git information. You can enable this [in APM][101] or see the [Source Code Integration documentation][102]. -- Your [repository metadata is synchronized to DataDog](#synchronize-repository-metadata-to-datadog). +- Your repository metadata is [synchronized](#synchronize-repository-metadata-to-datadog) to Datadog. [101]: https://app.datadoghq.com/source-code/setup/apm From 1c58b7e33d206c541463239c13cd922cc2f19082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teddy Gesbert <94978881+Tecoddy@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:53:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md Co-authored-by: Joe Peeples --- content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md b/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md index fd9b5108f7b..171f0dc51db 100644 --- a/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md +++ b/content/en/dora_metrics/setup/deployments.md @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ For service deployments tracked by the DORA Metrics API or the `datadog-ci dora ### Requirements for calculating change lead time - The attributes `repository_url` and `commit_sha` are included in the deployment events payload. -- Your [repository metadata is synchronized to DataDog](#synchronize-repository-metadata-to-datadog). +- Your repository metadata is [synchronized](#synchronize-repository-metadata-to-datadog) to Datadog. [101]: /integrations/github/