Google is investigating a Search disruption tied to a data center issue that began October 3 at 1:00 PM Pacific Time. According to its Search Status Dashboard, some pages may not serve normally in certain locales. Google plans another update within 24 hours.
Key Details
- Start time: October 3 at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
- Cause: ongoing data center issue.
- Impact: some pages may not serve normally in certain locales.
- Unknowns: affected pages and regions are not specified; no estimated time to resolution; no other products referenced.
- Status: investigation ongoing, with another status update expected within 24 hours. The incident remains active as of the latest posting.
Background
Google maintains a public Search Status Dashboard for widely noticeable issues across crawling, indexing, and serving. The dashboard records incident start times, summaries, updates during investigations, and resolution notes.
Google introduced the dashboard in December 2022 on the Search Central blog to provide clear, timely communication about issues affecting many sites or users.
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