Store and Recover User Sessions with RUM Managed Archive
Datadog, Monday, November 2nd, 2026
Datadog's RUM Managed Archive stores all ingested user sessions and lets teams recover specific ones on demand.
Datadog introduced RUM Managed Archive as a fallback within its RUM without Limits model.
Retention filters keep only the most relevant user sessions, but dropped sessions can later matter for support tickets, audits or investigations, and retaining everything up front is usually too expensive.
Managed Archive stores all ingested sessions, including those not retained by filters, in Datadog-managed storage as a cheaper alternative to indexing them, with a storage period of 1, 3 or 6 months per application.
A dedicated UI lets users explore archived sessions through lightweight metadata and recover specific sessions when needed.