Gmail fixed after major outage
Gmail, Google Chat, Meet and Calendar all back up and running after suffering problems
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Update 11:00 GMT:Googlesays it has now fixed all the known issues.“The problem with Gmail has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support,” the company wrote.
Update: 09:30 GMT: Google has confirmed it is looking into problems with Gmail and some of its other services. “We are currently investigating an issue affecting user access to multiple services affecting users in Europe,” the companynoted.
Email serviceGmailhas receovered after suffering widespread issues this morning after a possible outage affectied both its online and mobile apps.
According todatafrom real-time outage monitoring service DownDetector, the incident began at roughly 0300 ET/08:00 GMT, with thousands of users having registered problems across Europe, Asia and the US.
Along with Gmail, Google Chat, Google Meet, Google Groups and Google Calendar are also affected, with each program showing an alert on the officialGoogle Workspace dashboard.
Gmail issues
“We are currently investigating an issue affecting user access to multiple services affecting users in Europe,” Google noted.
“We’re investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly. The affected users are uable to access Gmail,” it added on theGmail-specific page.
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“We are investigating an issue which is affecting some users in Europe affecting their ability to access some services.”
The issues, which seemed to affect logging in to an online account, hit users in the UK, Europe and the US.
Some users took to Twitter to complain they can’t access Gmail services at all, and internal evidence from the TechRadar Pro team saw us unable to log into our accounts, with the usual 2FA security authenticiation methods running very slowly.
Sending 2FA alerts to a mobile device took much longer than usual, and in some cases resulted in an error, leaving us unable to log in as workers across the country log in for their working day.
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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