SerpApi incident

[Google Search API][Google Light API] Performance Degradation

Resolved after 10 hours 21 minutes, affecting Search API and Search API, on September 21, 2026.

monitoring Sep 22, 2026, 02:50 AM UTC

Google Search API response times have fully recovered, and Google Light Search API performance is steadily recovering.

Started
Sep 21, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 22, 2026, 02:51 AM UTC
Duration
10h 21m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 21, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC

Affected components

Search APISearch API

Update timeline

  1. investigating Sep 21, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating elevated response times and decreased success rates for the Google Search and Google Light API You can view the Public Roadmap issue here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4329

  2. monitoring Sep 22, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC

    Google Search API response times seem to have recovered. We'll continue monitoring for stability. We're still investigating longer response times for Google Light Search API.

  3. monitoring Sep 22, 2026, 02:50 AM UTC

    Google Search API response times have fully recovered, and Google Light Search API performance is steadily recovering.

  4. resolved Sep 22, 2026, 02:51 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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