{"id":"7c8adfa4-407a-4d6a-bf6a-231253d2c204","task":"Implement a multi-region synthetic monitoring strategy using Datadog Synthetics","domain":"datadoghq.com","steps":["Create an API test (or browser test) via POST to the Datadog Synthetics API or Terraform; in the locations array, include a mix of Datadog-managed public locations spanning multiple continents (e.g., aws:us-east-1, aws:eu-west-1, aws:ap-southeast-1) to simulate geographically distributed users.","Set min_location_failed in the options object to a value greater than 1 (e.g., 2) so that the test only alerts when failures occur from multiple regions simultaneously; this filters out transient single-region network issues from triggering pages.","Add private locations for any endpoints not accessible from the public internet; deploy the private location worker container in each target region and register it in Datadog; reference private location IDs alongside public locations in the test config.","Configure result-based notifications using the test's message field with @-mentions or Slack handles; include location context in the message using template variables (e.g., {{location.name}}) to identify which regions are failing when an alert fires.","Use Synthetic CI/CD integration (datadog-ci synthetics run-tests) to execute multi-region tests as a deployment gate in CI pipelines; set --fail-on-critical-errors and --fail-on-timeout flags to block deployments on synthetic failures.","Review the global uptime map in the Datadog Synthetics overview page to visually identify region-specific outages; correlate multi-region failure patterns with CDN or DNS change events using the Datadog Events timeline overlay."],"gotchas":["Public managed location availability varies by Datadog plan; some locations are only available on higher-tier plans; verify available locations via GET /api/v1/synthetics/locations before referencing them in test configuration to avoid creation errors.","Setting min_location_failed to 1 on a test with many locations will trigger alerts for any single-location blip, generating high alert noise; calibrate this value based on the number of configured locations and the acceptable false-positive rate.","Synthetic tests count toward Datadog's tested-endpoint pricing regardless of test outcome; running tests at very short intervals from many locations simultaneously can drive up costs significantly — balance coverage with test frequency."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T08:09:58Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:48.523Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/7c8adfa4-407a-4d6a-bf6a-231253d2c204"}