Gmail, Docs, Drive, and more Google services hit by widespread disruption

guest · Aug 20, 2020

Gmail, Docs, Drive, and more Google services hit by widespread disruption
People are having a variety of issues on multiple services
August 20, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/20/21376940/gmail-google-docs-drive-meet-disruption-google-down

A number of Google services including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Groups, Chat, Keep and Voice are experiencing service disruptions, the company is reporting on its G Suite Status Dashboard.

We’ve verified that file uploads are failing across Google’s services, including uploading attachments in Gmail to both personal and G Suite gmail accounts. In some cases trying to simply compose a new email or a reply fails.
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Google first said it was investigating issues with Gmail at 1:29AM ET. It later provided official confirmation of a range of issues:

Gmail sending issues, Meet recording issues, Creating files issues in Drive, CSV user upload issues in Admin Console, Posting message issues in Google Chat, Sites adding new pages issues, Keep issues, Voice mail issues
Downdetector is showing a spike of reports for issues with Gmail and Google Drive, and there are widespread reports on Twitter that users are having trouble uploading videos to YouTube. The issues appear to be global, according to Downdetector.
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guest · Aug 20, 2020

Google has resolved its massive server issues affecting Gmail, Drive, Keep, Docs, Meet, Chat, and Voice
Some people couldn't send emails or upload files
August 20, 2020
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...fecting-gmail-drive-docs-meet-chat-and-voice/

Tonight, Google experienced some issues with its servers as multiple services were affected by disruptions, but by now, the company has confirmed that the problems are fixed.

Google first acknowledged the problems at about 10:30 pm PST, but reports started popping up well before then.
It has since fixed all of these problems, stating,

The problem with [with our services] should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.
There were also tons of complaints that YouTube uploads were broken, as a quick Twitter search and YouTube itself will tell you. That problem is now also fixed.
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paulderdash · Aug 21, 2020

Thanks for reporting this yesterday @mood. I was experiencing Gmail issues.

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