SerpApi incident
[Google Search API][Google Shopping API] Searches returning irrelevant/poisoned results
Ongoing since 03:09 PM UTC, affecting Search API and Shopping API.
Google Shopping API is also now affected by this issue, you can see the related issue here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4475 We’ll continue working on a complete solution for all APIs and will provide further updates as more information becomes available. Thank you for your understanding.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 13, 2026, 03:09 PM UTC
We've been observing Google returning irrelevant/poisoned results for the past few weeks. It appears to have escalated recently. The team is looking into it urgently and working on potential fixes. https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/3781
- investigating Oct 14, 2026, 01:53 PM UTC
Our engineering team has deployed an update that should reduce the number of instances in which poisoned results are returned instead of valid output. We're still working on fully addressing the issue. Thank you for understanding.
- investigating Oct 19, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC
Google Shopping API is also now affected by this issue, you can see the related issue here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4475 We’ll continue working on a complete solution for all APIs and will provide further updates as more information becomes available. Thank you for your understanding.
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