Google Ads incident

Incident affecting Google Ad Manager

Minor Resolved

Google Ads experienced a minor incident on August 20, 2026 affecting Google Ad Manager and Google Ad Manager (global), lasting 12d 11h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 20, 2026, 05:34 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 01, 2026, 05:23 PM UTC
Duration
12d 11h
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 20, 2026, 05:34 AM UTC

Affected components

Google Ad Manager Google Ad Manager (global)

Update timeline

  1. monitoring Aug 27, 2026, 08:35 AM UTC

    We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Ad Manager. We will provide more information shortly. 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 interstitial and rewarded ad close buttons are unresponsive or missing on Android and iOS apps. There is currently no workaround.*

  2. monitoring Aug 27, 2026, 08:36 AM UTC

  3. resolved Sep 01, 2026, 05:23 PM UTC

    The problem with Google Ad Manager has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. 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 Interstitial and Rewarded ad close buttons are unresponsive or missing on Android and iOS apps. The issue is now resolved.