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Summary
Microsoft Purview administrators are experiencing delays in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) where new or modified assets are not being reflected in a timely manner. The issue is caused by infrastructure capacity constraints and elevated system load, leading to suboptimal processing performance.
Impact
Admins may encounter delays in updates for the following DSPM components:
- Classified or Labeled Assets: Delays in key posture metrics.
- Data Snapshots: Inaccurate or delayed Stale and Fresh data trends.
- Asset Explorer: New or modified assets not appearing immediately.
- Sensitive Data Discovery: Delays in posture metrics, discovery trends, and risk patterns within the organization’s objectives.
Status
Current Status: Microsoft is currently remediating the issue by incrementally increasing processing capacity across the affected infrastructure. Internal testing has confirmed that these capacity increases are restoring functionality.
Next Steps: Remediation will occur gradually as capacity is added. Microsoft is working to provide a final remediation timeline. The issue has been ongoing since January 16, 2026, and the next official update is expected by February 15, 2026.
Microsoft Official Issue Details
User Impact
Admins see delays in new or modified assets being reflected in DSPM within Microsoft Purview.
Status: falsePositive
Service: Microsoft Purview
Classification: advisory
Origin: microsoft
Updates
- 2026-02-15 00:11
Title: Some admins see delays in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) metrics and asset information within MicrosoftUser impact: Admins see delays in new or modified assets being reflected in DSPM within Microsoft Purview.
More info: More specifically, admins see delays for the following impacted assets:
– Key posture metric for Classified or labeled assets
– Data snapshot (Stale and Fresh data trends)
– Asset explorer
– Posture metrics, sensitive data discovery trends, and risk patterns in the Discover sensitive data in your organization objectiveCurrent status: We’re continuing our aforementioned remediation efforts in tandem with further attempting to attain a remediation timeline to provide by our next scheduled update. Additionally, affected admins will experience remediation gradually as our mitigation efforts progress.
Scope of impact: Your organization is affected by this event, and any admins attempting to view new or modified assets in DSPM within Microsoft Purview are impacted. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Friday, January 16, 2026, at 12:00 AM UTC
Root cause: The infrastructure supporting DSPM metrics and asset information is performing in a suboptimal state due to elevated load and capacity constraints, resulting in impact.
Next update by: Sunday, February 15, 2026, at 9:00 PM UTC
- 2026-02-14 20:28
Title: Some admins see delays in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) metrics and asset information within Microsoft PurviewUser impact: Admins see delays in new or modified assets being reflected in DSPM within Microsoft Purview.
More info: More specifically, admins see delays for the following impacted assets:
– Key posture metric for Classified or labeled assets
– Data snapshot (Stale and Fresh data trends)
– Asset explorer
– Posture metrics, sensitive data discovery trends, and risk patterns in the Discover sensitive data in your organization objectiveCurrent status: We’ve completed our review of the processing delays and identified that the infrastructure supporting DSPM metrics and asset information is performing in a suboptimal state due to elevated load and capacity constraints, resulting in impact. We’re incrementally increasing processing capacity on the affected infrastructure, which we’ve confirmed through internal testing recovers the infrastructure and restores functionality. We’ve increased processing capacity for a portion of the supporting infrastructure, and affected admins will experience remediation gradually as our mitigation efforts progress. We’ll aim to provide a timeline for all of the affected infrastructure to be recovered by our next scheduled communications update.
Scope of impact: Your organization is affected by this event, and any admins attempting to view new or modified assets in DSPM within Microsoft Purview are impacted. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Friday, January 16, 2026, at 12:00 AM UTC
Root cause: The infrastructure supporting DSPM metrics and asset information is performing in a suboptimal state due to elevated load and capacity constraints, resulting in impact.
Next update by: Sunday, February 15, 2026, at 2:00 AM UTC
- 2026-02-14 06:25
Title: Some admins see delays in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) metrics and asset information within Microsoft PurviewUser impact: Admins see delays in new or modified assets being reflected in DSPM within Microsoft Purview.
More info: More specifically, admins see delays for the following impacted assets:
– Key posture metric for Classified or labeled assets
– Data snapshot (Stale and Fresh data trends)
– Asset explorer
– Posture metrics, sensitive data discovery trends, and risk patterns in the Discover sensitive data in your organization objectiveCurrent status: Our system monitoring has alerted us to an issue in which some admins are seeing delays in new or modified assets in DSPM within Microsoft Purview. We’re investigating the processing delays for the affected assets so that we can identify the root cause of the issue and develop a remediation plan.
Scope of impact: Your organization is affected by this event, and any admins attempting to view new or modified assets in DSPM within Microsoft Purview are impacted. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 9:00 PM UTC
