datadog_slo_overrides_cli 0.0.5

CLI to set overrides idempotently for multiple SLO's

datadog slo overrides CLI

CLI to set overrides idempotently for multiple SLO's

Usage

Set Datadog SLO corrections ("SLO overrides") on many SLOs at once, selected by tag. A correction excludes a time window from an SLO's error budget (e.g. for planned downtime); this tool is the bulk, idempotent, scriptable way to apply them.

Install

uv tool install datadog-slo-overrides       # global `datadog-slo-overrides` command
# or run without installing:
uvx datadog-slo-overrides --help
# or, from a checkout:
uv run datadog-slo-overrides --help

Check the installed version with datadog-slo-overrides --version.

Commands

Command	What it does
run	Preview (default) or --apply corrections to every SLO matching the tags.
init-config	Write a starter config of non-secret defaults.
init-envrc	Write a starter .envrc for optional, direnv-managed credential loading.

Credentials

The tool never stores credentials. They are resolved in this order (first wins):

1. --api-key / --app-key flags
2. DD_API_KEY / DD_APP_KEY environment variables
3. an optional .envrc in the config dir, loaded via direnv

direnv-loaded values can never override a flag or a real environment variable.

Optional direnv setup (keep secret-fetching logic in a file that direnv's approval model governs, rather than the tool executing shell itself):

datadog-slo-overrides init-envrc                 # writes ~/.config/datadog-slo-overrides/.envrc
# edit it to `export DD_API_KEY=...` / `export DD_APP_KEY=...` (e.g. from Vault), then:
direnv allow ~/.config/datadog-slo-overrides

If the .envrc is present but unapproved, or doesn't export the keys, the tool prints an actionable hint instead of failing silently. The config dir honours XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

Selecting SLOs

• --tag key:value — repeat to require several tags. One tag is sent to Datadog's (single-tag) server query; the rest are ANDed client-side.
• --tags-query "<raw>" — a raw single-tag Datadog query, used as-is instead of --tag.

Idempotency strategies

run is idempotent: re-running the same command never creates duplicate corrections. --strategy controls when an existing correction counts as already covering your window:

--strategy	Skips (creates nothing) when…
skip-if-covered (default)	your window is fully inside an existing correction
skip-if-overlap	any existing correction overlaps your window (may leave gaps)
skip-if-exact	an existing correction matches your window exactly

Examples

Preview which SLOs would be corrected (dry run — nothing is written):

datadog-slo-overrides run --tag app:gitlab --tag customer:sbp \
    --start 2026-06-10T22:00 --end 2026-06-11T00:00

Apply a 2-hour scheduled-maintenance correction:

datadog-slo-overrides run --tag app:gitlab --tag customer:sbp \
    --start 2026-06-10T22:00 --end 2026-06-11T00:00 \
    --category "Scheduled Maintenance" --description "DB maintenance" \
    --apply

When a matched SLO is already covered, it is skipped rather than duplicated:

Already satisfied under --strategy skip-if-covered (will skip): 1
  SBP - SLO monitor for the sbp gitlab Website  (fbb8a2c3…)  -> correction d9e08dd2-…

DRY RUN — would create 0, skip 1 already present. Re-run with --apply to write.

Configuration file

init-config writes non-secret defaults (site, timezone, category, strategy) to ~/.config/datadog-slo-overrides/config.toml. CLI flags override the config, which overrides the built-in defaults. Credentials are never read from this file.

datadog-slo-overrides init-config

Run datadog-slo-overrides run --help for the full list of options.

Developing further

Development flow as Paleofuturistic Python

Prerequisite: uv

Setup

• Fork and clone this repository.
• On first run of any workflow command, the bootstrap step will prompt to install pre-commit hooks.

Workflow

All commands are invoked via ./workflow.cmd <namespace>.<task>:

Command	Description
./workflow.cmd format	Format code and sort imports
./workflow.cmd lint	Run all linters (ruff, pylint, ty, complexipy, commitizen)
./workflow.cmd test	Run all tests (pytest)
./workflow.cmd build	Run security checks and build the package
./workflow.cmd release -i <type>	Bump version, tag, push, build, publish, and upload SBOM
./workflow.cmd quality	Run code quality analysis (pyscn)
./workflow.cmd secure	Run security audit and generate SBOM
./workflow.cmd document	Build and view documentation (properdocs)
./workflow.cmd develop.pre-commit	Run all pre-commit hooks on the codebase
./workflow.cmd bootstrap --force	Re-run the development environment setup

Development cycle

• Add dependencies: uv add some_lib_you_need
• Develop (optional, tinker: uvx --with-editable . ptpython)
• Format: ./workflow.cmd format
• Lint: ./workflow.cmd lint
• Test: ./workflow.cmd test
• Build: ./workflow.cmd build
• Review docs: ./workflow.cmd document
• Make a pull request.