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Last checked 17 Oct 2026, 06:40 UTC. Homepage reachable.

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Recent history

• **Summary:** Mitigating elevated error rate with Google Workspace Studio web. **Description:** Mitigation work is currently underway by our engineering team. We do not have an ETA for mitigation at this point. We will provide more information by Friday, 2026-09-25 10:30 PDT. **Symptoms:** Customers may experience an endless loading screen when attempting to access Google Workspace Studio on the web. **Workaround:** None at this time. (resolved)
• **Title:** Gmail Android App users on the latest Gmail Android release may experience issues accessing their inbox. **Description:** Our engineering team has identified the root cause and is actively working on mitigating the issue. We will provide more information by Tuesday, 2026-09-22 18:00 PDT. **Symptoms:** - Users on the Gmail Android app are finding that their accounts unexpectedly appear logged out. - Upon re-login, the process completes but the app fails to recognize the account. - Users receive an error message stating the account is already added. **Workaround:** The workaround for the Gmail app issue is to uninstall recent application updates and revert to the system's base version of Gmail. Optionally reinstall the latest version of the Gmail app from play store. Alternatively, users can access https://mail.google.com on their mobile browsers. (resolved)
• **Summary:** We experienced intermittent latency with Google Drive **Description:** The issue with Google Drive has been resolved for all affected customers as of Wednesday, 2026-09-16 07:41 PDT. We thank you for your patience while we worked on resolving the issue. **Customer Symptoms:** Users may have been unable to access Google Drive, experienced intermittent latency, or were unexpectedly prompted with CAPTCHAs when attempting to use the service. **Workaround:** Users were advised to retry actions. (resolved)
• **Summary:** Mitigated intermittent elevated error rates with Gemini 3.1 Pro models on Gemini Web and Gemini App. **Description:** Between 6:00 PDT and 13:22 PDT on 11 September 2026, a subset of Gemini users may have experienced elevated error rates with Gemini 3.1 Pro models on Gemini Web and Gemini App. From preliminary analysis, the issue was triggered by a recent rollout. Our engineers identified the cause and mitigated it with a code change. We thank you for your patience while we worked on resolving the issue. **Symptoms:** Customers may have encountered intermittent errors when using Gemini 3.1 Pro models on Gemini Web and Gemini App. (resolved)
• **Summary:** Google Chat users are experiencing an issue where they receive notifications for new messages, but the actual messages fail to appear in their chat application unless the user refreshes their view. **Description:** We are experiencing an intermittent issue with Google Chat Friday, 2026-08-28 10:25 PDT. Our engineering team has investigated the issue and are currently working on mitigating the issue. We will provide more information by Friday, 2026-08-28 14:15 PDT with current details. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption. **Customer Symptoms:** Users are experiencing an issue where they receive notifications for new messages, but the actual messages fail to appear in their chat application unless the user refreshes their view **Workaround:** Users can refresh to see new messages (resolved)
• **Summary** Some customers may experience slowness while using Google Drive. **Description** We are experiencing an issue with Google Drive beginning Tuesday, 2026-08-18 16:58 PDT. Our engineering team is currently working on a potential fix while continuing to investigate the full root cause. We will provide an update by Tuesday, 2026-08-18 22:00 PDT with current details. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption. **Symptoms** Affected customers may experience slowness while using Google Drive. **Workaround** None at this time. (resolved)
• **Summary:** Investigating access issues with Classroom’s new web homepage. **Description:** We are investigating reports of access issues with Classroom’s new web homepage beginning on Thursday, 2026-08-13. Our engineering team is currently working on a potential fix while continuing to investigate the full root cause. We will provide an update by Tuesday, 2026-08-18 13:00 PDT with current details. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption. **Symptoms:** Admins and some Teachers may experience permission errors when accessing Classroom’s new web homepage. **Workaround:** Users should still be able to navigate to other views from the left hand pane of the interface. (resolved)
• **Title** Inbound emails from customers to Google Support are experiencing issues. **Description** We are experiencing an issue with Google Cloud Support beginning on Tuesday, 2026-06-30 02:03 PDT. Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue. We will provide an update by Tuesday, 2026-06-30 05:30 PDT with current details. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption. **Symptoms** Inbound emails from customers to Google Support are experiencing issues. Case creation continues to work. **Workaround** None at this time. (resolved)