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August 2026 spam update

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Google experienced a minor incident on August 18, 2026 affecting Ranking, lasting 2d 16h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 18, 2026, 04:27 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 21, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC
Duration
2d 16h
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 18, 2026, 04:27 PM UTC

Affected components

Ranking

Update timeline

  1. monitoring Aug 18, 2026, 04:28 PM UTC

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

  2. resolved Aug 21, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC

    The rollout was complete as of August 21, 2026.