Google Maps Platform incident

Current Production Issue - Google Maps Platform

Major

Resolved after 6 hours, affecting Directions API and Distance Matrix API and 1 more, on March 18, 2026.

resolved Mar 18, 2026, 06:49 PM UTC

We are experiencing an elevated level of 5xx errors and elevated latency for Google Maps Platform, Geocoding API (Reverse Geocoding), Places/Places(New) NearbySearch beginning at Wednesday, 2026-03-18 08:13 PDT.

Started: Mar 18, 2026, 03:13 PM UTC
Resolved: Mar 18, 2026, 09:13 PM UTC
Duration: 6h
Detected by Pingoru: Mar 18, 2026, 03:13 PM UTC

Affected components

Directions APIDistance Matrix APIGeocoding APIPlaces APIPlaces API (New)Directions API (global)Distance Matrix API (global)Geocoding API (global)Places API (global)Places API (New) (global)

Update timeline

resolved Mar 18, 2026, 06:49 PM UTC

We are experiencing an elevated level of 5xx errors and elevated latency for Google Maps Platform, Geocoding API (Reverse Geocoding), Places/Places(New) NearbySearch beginning at Wednesday, 2026-03-18 08:13 PDT.

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