diff --git a/plugins/events/public/datadog_metrics.py b/plugins/events/public/datadog_metrics.py
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+++ b/plugins/events/public/datadog_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import logging
+import threading
+import time
+from queue import Queue
+from typing import ClassVar
+
+import requests
+
+from core import taskmanager
+from core.config.config import yeti_config
+from core.events.message import EventMessage, ObjectEvent, TagEvent
+from core.schemas import task
+
+metrics_queue = Queue()
+import hashlib
+
+
+class MetricsFlusher(threading.Thread):
+    METRIC_ENDPOINT = "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/series"
+
+    def __init__(self, flush_interval: float, flush_count: int):
+        """
+        Initialize the MetricsFlusher.
+        :param flush_interval: Interval in seconds between each flush.
+        :param flush_count: Number of items to remove from the queue at each flush.
+        """
+        self._dd_api_key = yeti_config.get("datadog", "api_key")
+        self._dd_app_key = yeti_config.get("datadog", "app_key")
+        self._dd_env = yeti_config.get("datadog", "env", "dev")
+        self._session = requests.Session()
+        self._session.headers = {
+            "DD-API-KEY": self._dd_api_key,
+            "DD-APPLICATION-KEY": self._dd_app_key,
+        }
+        self._logger = logging.getLogger("FlushMetricsQueue")
+        self._flush_interval = flush_interval
+        self._flush_count = flush_count
+        self._running = True
+
+        super().__init__(daemon=True)
+
+    def run(self):
+        """
+        Flush the queue at intervals.
+        """
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(self._flush_interval)
+            self._flush()
+
+    def _flush(self):
+        """
+        Flush items from the queue. Removes up to `flush_count` items.
+        """
+        self._logger.debug(
+            f"Flushing metrics queue {metrics_queue} (size:{metrics_queue.qsize()})"
+        )
+        timeseries = {}
+        for _ in range(self._flush_count):
+            if not metrics_queue.empty():
+                key = hashlib.sha256()
+                timestamp, metric, tags = metrics_queue.get()
+                key.update(str(timestamp).encode())
+                key.update(str(metric).encode())
+                key.update(str(tags).encode())
+                key = key.hexdigest()
+                if key not in timeseries:
+                    timeseries[key] = {
+                        "metric": metric,
+                        "type": 1,
+                        "points": [{"timestamp": timestamp, "value": 0}],
+                        "tags": tags,
+                    }
+                timeseries[key]["points"][0]["value"] += 1
+            else:
+                break
+        if timeseries:
+            payload = {"series": []}
+            for key, serie in timeseries.items():
+                payload["series"].append(serie)
+            try:
+                response = self._session.post(
+                    MetricsFlusher.METRIC_ENDPOINT, json=payload
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                self._logger.exception("Failed to send metrics to Datadog")
+            if response.status_code == 202:
+                self._logger.info("Successfully sent metrics to Datadog")
+            else:
+                self._logger.warning(
+                    f"Failed to send metrics to Datadog: {response.reason}"
+                )
+
+
+class DatadogMetrics(task.EventTask):
+    _defaults = {
+        "name": "DatadogMetrics",
+        "description": "Send events as Datadog metrics",
+        "acts_on": "(new|update|delete)",
+    }
+
+    _metrics_flusher: ClassVar[MetricsFlusher] = None
+
+    def __init__(self, **data):
+        super().__init__(**data)
+
+    def run(self, message: EventMessage) -> None:
+        if DatadogMetrics._metrics_flusher is None:
+            DatadogMetrics._metrics_flusher = MetricsFlusher(
+                yeti_config.get("datadog", "flush_interval", 10),
+                yeti_config.get("datadog", "flush_count", 1000),
+            )
+            DatadogMetrics._metrics_flusher.start()
+        self._dd_env = yeti_config.get("datadog", "env", "dev")
+        self._timestamp = int(message.timestamp.timestamp())
+        if isinstance(message.event, ObjectEvent):
+            self._send_object_serie(message.event)
+        elif isinstance(message.event, TagEvent):
+            self._send_tag_serie(message.event)
+        return
+
+    def _enqueue_serie(self, metric, tags):
+        self.logger.debug(f"Enqueueing metric {metric} with tags {tags}")
+        tags.append(f"env:{self._dd_env}")
+        metrics_queue.put((self._timestamp, metric, tags))
+
+    def _send_object_serie(self, event: ObjectEvent):
+        type = event.yeti_object.root_type
+        if hasattr(event.yeti_object, "type"):
+            type += f".{event.yeti_object.type}"
+        tags = [
+            f"type:{type}",
+            f"event:{event.type}",
+        ]
+        self._enqueue_serie("yeti.object", tags)
+
+    def _send_tag_serie(self, event: TagEvent):
+        type = event.tagged_object.root_type
+        if hasattr(event.tagged_object, "type"):
+            type += f".{event.tagged_object.type}"
+        tags = [
+            f"tag:{event.tag_object.name}",
+            f"type:{type}",
+            f"event:{event.type}",
+        ]
+        self._enqueue_serie("yeti.tagged", tags)
+
+
+taskmanager.TaskManager.register_task(DatadogMetrics)
diff --git a/yeti.conf.sample b/yeti.conf.sample
index 753f4a1be..3d0bc94e9 100644
--- a/yeti.conf.sample
+++ b/yeti.conf.sample
@@ -186,3 +186,8 @@ result_limit =
 
 # Comma-separated list of additional directories to load DFIQ objects from.
 extra_dirs = /dfiq
+
+[datadog]
+api_key = 
+app_key = 
+env = dev
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