diff --git a/ddev/changelog.d/21993.fixed b/ddev/changelog.d/21993.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..072abe62da962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddev/changelog.d/21993.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ensure correct commit attribution when sending size metrics by requiring an explicit commit in the ddev size status command.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/status.py b/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/status.py
index 2e88b08ae3436..b487b19f25b69 100644
--- a/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/status.py
+++ b/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/status.py
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ def status(
             from ddev.cli.size.utils.common_funcs import export_format
 
             export_format(app, format, modules_plat_ver, "status", platform, version, compressed)
-        if to_dd_org or to_dd_key:
+        if (to_dd_org or to_dd_key) and commit:
             from ddev.cli.size.utils.common_funcs import send_metrics_to_dd
 
-            send_metrics_to_dd(app, modules_plat_ver, to_dd_org, to_dd_key, compressed)
+            send_metrics_to_dd(app, commit, modules_plat_ver, to_dd_org, to_dd_key, compressed)
     except Exception as e:
         app.abort(str(e))
 
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ def validate_parameters(
     if to_dd_org and to_dd_key:
         errors.append("Specify either --to-dd-org or --to-dd-key, not both")
 
+    if (to_dd_org or to_dd_key) and not commit:
+        errors.append("In order to send metrics to Datadog, you need to provide a commit hash")
+
     if errors:
         app.abort("\n".join(errors))
 
diff --git a/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/utils/common_funcs.py b/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/utils/common_funcs.py
index 9e33a4562c1c3..5d64d752cf7f5 100644
--- a/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/utils/common_funcs.py
+++ b/ddev/src/ddev/cli/size/utils/common_funcs.py
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ def draw_treemap_rects_with_labels(
 
 def send_metrics_to_dd(
     app: Application,
+    commit: str,
     modules: list[FileDataEntryPlatformVersion],
     org: str | None,
     key: str | None,
@@ -852,8 +853,7 @@ def send_metrics_to_dd(
     if "site" not in config_file_info:
         raise RuntimeError("No site found in config file")
 
-    message, tickets, prs = get_last_commit_data()
-    timestamp = get_last_commit_timestamp()
+    timestamp, message, tickets, prs = get_commit_data(commit)
 
     metrics = []
     n_integrations_metrics = []
@@ -965,24 +965,28 @@ def send_metrics_to_dd(
     api.Metric.send(metrics=n_dependencies_metrics)
 
 
-def get_last_commit_timestamp() -> int:
-    result = subprocess.run(["git", "log", "-1", "--format=%ct"], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
-    return int(result.stdout.strip())
-
+def get_commit_data(commit: str) -> tuple[int, str, list[str], list[str]]:
+    '''
+    Gets the timestamp, message, tickets and PRs of a given commit. If no commit is provided, it uses the last commit.
+    '''
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "show", "-s", "--format=%ct,%s", commit],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        check=True,
+    )
 
-def get_last_commit_data() -> tuple[str, list[str], list[str]]:
-    result = subprocess.run(["git", "log", "-1", "--format=%s"], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+    timestamp, message = result.stdout.strip().split(',', 1)
     ticket_pattern = r'\b(?:DBMON|SAASINT|AGENT|AI)-\d+\b'
     pr_pattern = r'#(\d+)'
 
-    message = result.stdout.strip()
     tickets = re.findall(ticket_pattern, message)
     prs = re.findall(pr_pattern, message)
     if not tickets:
         tickets = [""]
     if not prs:
         prs = [""]
-    return message, tickets, prs
+    return int(timestamp), message, tickets, prs
 
 
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