Google Ads incident

Incident affecting Google Ad Manager

Major Resolved

Google Ads experienced a major incident on January 8, 2026 affecting Google Ad Manager and Google Ad Manager (global), lasting 1h 15m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 08, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 08, 2026, 01:38 AM UTC
Duration
1h 15m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 08, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC

Affected components

Google Ad Manager Google Ad Manager (global)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jan 08, 2026, 12:26 AM UTC

    We expect to resolve the problem affecting a majority of users of Google Ad Manager at Jan 8, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC. Please note that this time frame is an estimate and may change. The affected users are able to access Google Ad Manager, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. Google Ad Manager users are not able to create Programmatic Guaranteed proposal Line Items.

  2. resolved Jan 08, 2026, 01:38 AM UTC

    The problem with Google Ad Manager has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Google Ad Manager users are now able to create Programmatic Guaranteed proposal Line Items.