Google is down

[JorgeV]

Hello,

Google (Gmail, Youtube, etc...) is down, the end is nigh , ... for those relying on Google.

[engadget.com...]

[engine]

I'm finding some other sites down, so I wonder if it's infrastructure used by others, too.

[engine]

Today, at 3.47AM PT Google experienced an authentication system outage for approximately 45 minutes due to an internal storage quota issue. Services requiring users to log in experienced high error rates during this period. The authentication system issue was resolved at 4:32AM PT. All services are now restored. We apologise to everyone affected, and we will conduct a thorough follow up review to ensure this problem cannot recur in the future.

[techcrunch.com...]

[tangor]

Hmm ... didn't notice, then again I don't keep eggs in one basket.

Glad it is resolved as I know all too well the frustration of not being able to log on and do your biz...

[JorgeV]

Hello,

Certainly a source of panic for those who are dependent of Google's tools & services. Reminds me when Cloudflare goes down, and 1/4 of the Internet becomes inaccessible :).

Suggestion: reduce the number of potential point of failure between you and your visitors/clients.

[engine]

Google has a detailed explanation on the outage, if anyone is interested, but this is a the key point, "which resulted in errors on authentication lookups."

Read the full article here, "Google Cloud Infrastructure Components Incident #20013 " [status.cloud.google.com...]