Google Services Including Gmail and YouTube Suffer Global Outage [Update: Fixed]

Gmail, YouTube and Google Docs are all experiencing severe outages, with reports of problems accessing the services across much of Europe, the U.S., and India.

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Google News, Google Translate, Google Ads, Google Domain, Google Cloud Platform Dashboard, and Google My Business are also down. Other services that use Google to log in are similarly affected.

It's not clear right now what's causing the issues, but the DownDetector website indicates that all three services went down at approximately 3:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

We'll update this article when we learn more.

Update: Some users are able to access the services using Incognito mode or a private browsing tab, suggesting it's Google's authentication servers that are at fault.

Update 2 @ 4:40 a.m. PT: Services appear to be slowly coming back online now, based on multiple user reports.

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sniffies Avatar
66 months ago
I almost had a heart attack when I got an error "This account does not exist" when trying to sign in to my Google account
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
racer1441 Avatar
66 months ago
It’s almost like having all your stuff dependent on one crappy company is a bad idea...
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
EmotionalSnow Avatar
66 months ago
Somebody accidentally deleted the Internet again /s
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SnakeEater1993 Avatar
66 months ago

Anytime youtube is down, it's a world with less left-biased propaganda. It's only temporary but we should enjoy it while it lasts.
that's an asinine comment! Well done !
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
arnoz Avatar
66 months ago

Anytime youtube is down, it's a world with less left-biased propaganda. It's only temporary but we should enjoy it while it lasts.
You do know that if you don't like the political side of a website, no one is forcing you to use it, right?
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
coolfactor Avatar
66 months ago

This is probably the only time I wish they fix it quickly particularly when I have an assignment due in less than 3 hours lol
(panic intensifies)
Just tell your teacher that your dog ate your Google account.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)