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Datadog Alert to Recent-Deploy Correlation and Rollback Page

On a Datadog service alert, the workflow checks GitHub for deploys in the last 30 minutes and, if a recent deploy lines up, pages on-call with a rollback recommendation instead…

CategoryDevOps
Enginesim
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerDatadog service alert firesDatadogDatadog
  • ActionQuery GitHub for deploys in last 30 minutesGitHubGitHub
  • LogicBranch on deploy correlation with alert window
  • ActionPage PagerDuty with rollback recommendation or standardPagerDutyPagerDuty
  • OutputPost correlation finding to SlackSlack

What it does

This workflow makes Datadog alerts smarter by correlating them with deploy timing. When a service alerts, it checks GitHub for any deploy to that service in the last 30 minutes. If a recent deploy lines up with the alert, it pages on-call with an explicit rollback recommendation and the suspect commit; if not, it routes the alert as a normal investigation.

When to use it

Use it when most of your incidents trace back to a recent deploy but responders still spend time confirming that. Best for teams shipping frequently who want the deploy-versus-alert correlation done automatically.

How it works

  1. 1A Datadog monitor alert fires for a specific service.
  2. 2The workflow queries GitHub for deployments to that service in the last 30 minutes.
  3. 3A branch checks whether a recent deploy correlates with the alert window.
  4. 4If correlated, it pages PagerDuty with the suspect commit, author, and a rollback recommendation.
  5. 5If not correlated, it pages PagerDuty as a standard investigation with the monitor link.
  6. 6The final step posts the correlation finding and suspect commit to Slack.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect DatadogMetrics, traces, log search.
  2. 2
    Connect GitHubRepos, issues, pull requests, actions.
  3. 3
    Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
  4. 4
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  5. 5
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  6. 6
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  7. 7
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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