Pieces experienced a minor incident on September 16, 2026 affecting Google Gemini, lasting 5h 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Sep 16, 2026, 01:45 PM UTC
Status: Identified Google Gemini is partially unavailable. This may affect AI-powered features in Pieces. What you may experience: • Pieces Conversational Search responses may fail or time out when using affected models • Single-click summaries and snippet enrichment may be unavailable Affected models: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Gemini 3 Flash Preview, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and 5 other models What still works: • On-device (local) models are fully operational • All locally saved snippets, conversations, and data are unaffected Workaround: You can switch to OpenAI (GPT-5.4, etc.), Anthropic (Claude 4.6 Opus, etc.), AWS Bedrock (Amazon Nova Pro, etc.) in your Pieces model settings. On-device (local) models also remain fully operational. We are monitoring the situation and will provide updates as more information becomes available. Track this issue: Google Gemini Status Page: https://aistudio.google.com/status Affected components Google Gemini (Partial outage)
- resolved Sep 16, 2026, 07:06 PM UTC
Status: Resolved Google Gemini has reported that all systems are operational. AI features powered by Google Gemini — including Pieces Conversational Search and single-click summaries — should now be functioning normally. If you continue to experience issues, please contact support: https://pieces.app/support. Affected components Google Gemini (Operational)