Google Search Outage History

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There were 4 Google Search outages since February 5, 2026 totaling 832h 45m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.search.google.com

Minor March 27, 2026

March 2026 core update

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 27, 2026, 09:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 08, 2026, 01:00 PM UTC
Duration
12d 4h
Affected: Ranking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Mar 27, 2026, 09:14 AM UTC

    Released the March 2026 core update . The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.

  2. resolved Apr 08, 2026, 01:12 PM UTC

    The rollout was complete as of April 8, 2026.

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Minor March 24, 2026

March 2026 spam update

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 24, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 25, 2026, 02:30 PM UTC
Duration
19h 30m
Affected: Ranking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Mar 24, 2026, 07:18 PM UTC

    Released the March 2026 spam update , which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.

  2. resolved Mar 25, 2026, 02:39 PM UTC

    The rollout was complete as of March 25, 2026.

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Minor February 25, 2026

Serving was experiencing an issue

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 25, 2026, 03:55 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 25, 2026, 04:10 AM UTC
Duration
15m
Affected: Serving
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 25, 2026, 06:33 AM UTC

    Serving was experiencing an issue.

  2. resolved Feb 25, 2026, 06:34 AM UTC

    We fixed the issue with serving search results. There will be no more updates.

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Minor February 5, 2026

February 2026 Discover update

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 05, 2026, 05:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 27, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Duration
21d 17h
Affected: Ranking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Feb 05, 2026, 05:03 PM UTC

    Released the February 2026 Discover core update for English language users in the US (will look to expand it to all countries and languages in the future). This update is designed to improve the quality of Discover overall. Our guidance about general core updates and Discover applies. The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.

  2. resolved Feb 27, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC

    The rollout was complete as of February 27, 2026.

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