SerpApi incident

Google APIs Downtime

Resolved after 2 hours 59 minutes, affecting API and Search API and 1 more, on May 21, 2026.

resolved May 22, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC

Response times and success rates have returned to normal levels. We’re very sorry for the disruption this issue caused and appreciate your patience while we worked to resolve this issue. We'll keep monitoring for any issues.

Started
May 21, 2026, 09:01 PM UTC
Resolved
May 22, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
Duration
2h 59m
Detected by Pingoru
May 21, 2026, 09:01 PM UTC

Affected components

APISearch APISearch APIAds Transparency APIImages Light APIAI Mode APINews Light APIAI Overview APIShopping Light APIAutocomplete API

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 21, 2026, 09:01 PM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing a major outage affecting multiple Google APIs. A large number of requests are failing or timing out. Our engineering team is actively investigating and treating this as our top priority. Public Roadmap Issue: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/3846

  2. monitoring May 21, 2026, 09:38 PM UTC

    We've implemented a fix and are seeing response time and success rates recover. We are currently monitoring. Please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] if you continue to face any issues.

  3. monitoring May 21, 2026, 09:40 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. resolved May 22, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC

    Response times and success rates have returned to normal levels. We’re very sorry for the disruption this issue caused and appreciate your patience while we worked to resolve this issue. We'll keep monitoring for any issues.

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