--- title: "This Month in Datadog - February 2026" description: "Watch February’s This Month in Datadog to learn about Data Observability, AI Guard, Feature Flags, five new Incident Management releases, and more." author: "Datadog" date: 2026-02-27 tags: ["data observability", "security", "incident management", "feature flags", "ai"] blog_type_id: the-monitor locale: en --- On the first episode of This Month in Datadog in 2026, [Jeremy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremylq/) covers how you can protect agentic AI applications with AI Guard, stay up to date and collaborate during incidents with five Incident Management releases, and ship software with confidence using Feature Flags. Later in the episode, [Kevin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinzenghu/) spotlights Datadog Data Observability, which enables you to detect data quality and pipeline issues early. Also in this episode: Learn about the [Datadog Ambassador program](https://www.datadoghq.com/ambassadors/) and upcoming [Datadog Summits](https://events.datadoghq.com/summits/) in London on March 10 and Sydney on March 17. [Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/iMbYjkGkjHA?si=jAqNOrLrypAxbQeJ) ## New features ### Catch silent data issues early with Data Observability Teams need data they can trust when building AI and analytics. [Datadog Data Observability](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/data-observability.md) enables you to detect data and pipeline issues early and remediate those issues with end-to-end data lineage. You can also see an issue's scope of impact to identify which AI models or BI dashboards are at risk, as well as diagnose the upstream root cause. ### Protect agentic AI applications from real-time threats with AI Guard The abilities of today’s agentic AI applications are powerful, while also introducing new opportunities for misuse, data exposure, and prompt-driven manipulation. [Datadog AI Guard](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/ai-guard.md) can evaluate prompts, responses, and tool calls, and block requests that appear harmful before they reach critical systems and sensitive data. ### Stay up to date and reduce steps to collaborate during incidents with new releases We’re helping you respond to incidents with five new Incident Management releases. [Create AI-powered incident summaries](https://demo.datadoghq.com/release-notes/keep-incidents-up-to-date-with-ai-summaries) with one click in Datadog or by [running `/datadog incident summary` in Slack](https://demo.datadoghq.com/release-notes/catch-up-on-incidents-with-on-demand-ai-summaries-in-slack). Automatically [create Google Chat spaces](https://demo.datadoghq.com/release-notes/automatically-create-google-chat-spaces-for-new-incidents) or [Microsoft Teams meetings](https://demo.datadoghq.com/release-notes/automatically-create-microsoft-teams-meetings-when-incidents-are-declared) when incidents are declared. [Find and filter incidents](https://demo.datadoghq.com/release-notes/improvements-to-the-incident-management-search-experience) more easily with wildcard searching, enhanced query grammar, and expanded free-text search. ### Release software with confidence using Datadog Feature Flags Now generally available, [Datadog Feature Flags](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/feature-flags.md) lets you create and manage features where you already monitor application health. Create flags and variants with values of any data type, define targeting rules for rollouts, and configure flags to roll out instantly or gradually. Because flags are tied to telemetry data, Datadog can automatically pause or roll back a release if performance degrades or errors spike. ### Additional updates More new features and updates released this month: - Unify frontend and backend data with [cross-product retention filters](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/rum-apm-retention-filters.md) - Detect human names in logs using [Sensitive Data Scanner](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/human-name-detection.md) - Identify untested code early and more with [Code Coverage](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/improve-test-cover-across-codebases-with-code-coverage.md) - Automatically upgrade Datadog Agents using [Fleet Automation](https://demo.datadoghq.com/release-notes/upgrading-datadog-agents-from-fleet-automation-is-now-generally-available) ## See you next month This Month in Datadog is a monthly roundup of our latest features, product announcements, and more. Subscribe to our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@DatadogHQ) to get notified when future episodes are live. In the meantime, check out our [release notes](https://app.datadoghq.com/release-notes) for a full list of new features and updates. Or see them in action by logging in to the Datadog platform or signing up for a . See you next month!