Performance degradation across many Google APIs

Update timeline

1. investigating Sep 04, 2026, 09:27 PM UTC

   We apologize for the impact. We're currently seeing elevated response times and error rates across many Google APIs including Google Light Search API, Google Shopping API, Google News Light API, Google Jobs API and others. Related issue on our Public Roadmap: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4240

2. identified Sep 05, 2026, 12:17 AM UTC

   We’ve identified the likely cause and are actively testing several potential fixes. We appreciate your patience and will share another update as soon as we have more information.

3. monitoring Sep 06, 2026, 05:40 PM UTC

   Quick update: We've deployed a fix for this. We're actively monitoring the performance. Thank you for your patience while we work on this.

4. investigating Sep 08, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC

   We're currently seeing elevated response times across Google APIs, including Google Search API, Google Shopping API, Google News Light API, Google Jobs API, and others. Related issue on our Public Roadmap: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4240

5. resolved Sep 10, 2026, 06:35 PM UTC

   We will be closing this issue, as we have opened more specific incidents with additional information: - Google News Result Timeouts: https://status.serpapi.com/incidents/6chb6clhbgw4 - Advanced Search Operator Timeouts: https://status.serpapi.com/incidents/pts4x92phsq8 Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve these outstanding issues.