August 19, 2026 · started 03:58 UTC

Google Workspace outage.

Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive) reported degraded for 9h 9m, then recovered. The provider titled it: “**Summary** Some customers may experience slowness while using Google Drive. **Description** We are experiencing an issue with Google Drive beginning Tuesday, 2026-08-18 16:58 PDT. Our engineering team is currently working on a potential fix while continuing to investigate the full root cause. We will provide an update by Tuesday, 2026-08-18 22:00 PDT with current details. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption. **Symptoms** Affected customers may experience slowness while using Google Drive. **Workaround** None at this time.”.

9h 9mduration

Degradedworst reported level

03:58 UTCAugust 19, 2026

Timeline

03:58 UTC — operational → degraded **Summary** Some customers may experience slowness while using Google Drive. **Description** We are experiencing an issue with Google Drive beginning Tuesday, 2026-08-18 16:58 PDT. Our engineering team is currently working on a potential fix while continuing to investigate the full root cause. We will provide an update by Tuesday, 2026-08-18 22:00 PDT with current details. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption. **Symptoms** Affected customers may experience slowness while using Google Drive. **Workaround** None at this time.
13:07 UTC — back to operational All services operating normally

As published on Google Workspace's official status page, observed by our poller. Times are UTC. See current Google Workspace status, its RSS feed, or all recorded outages.