Firebase incident

Minor Intermittent Latency Increases for Some Firebase Cloud Messaging Services

Major Resolved

Firebase experienced a major incident on March 8, 2026 affecting Cloud Messaging and Cloud Messaging (global), lasting 22d 12h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Mar 08, 2026, 06:05 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 31, 2026, 07:00 AM UTC
Duration
22d 12h
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 08, 2026, 06:05 PM UTC

Affected components

Cloud MessagingCloud Messaging (global)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 13, 2026, 06:14 PM UTC

    We're aware of a problem with FCM affecting some users. We will provide an update by 13:00 PDT detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.

  2. investigating Mar 13, 2026, 07:56 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by 18:00 PDT detailing when we expect to resolve the problem.

  3. investigating Mar 14, 2026, 02:58 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide updates in the next few days, but we believe the issue is quite minor and should not be a problem for most customers. Thank you for your patience.

  4. investigating Mar 16, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC

    We have pinpointed the issue and are actively working on a resolution; only a very small number of request are being sporadically impacted by minor latency increases. We will provide updates in the coming days.

  5. investigating Mar 30, 2026, 02:14 PM UTC

    We are actively working on a resolution. Only a very small number of request are being sporadically impacted by minor latency increases. We will provide updates in the coming days.

  6. resolved Apr 01, 2026, 05:23 PM UTC

    The issue has been resolved. Please file a bug with Firebase support if you see any continued errors.