Auto-drafted postmortem
Google outage on May 1 — 19-minute disruption
May 1, 09:13 PM → May 1, 09:32 PM · 19 minutes · high
Google experienced an outage affecting its search and core services. This disruption was detected via user reports and began at 2026-05-01T21:13:41.118Z, resolving by 2026-05-01T21:32:56.577Z.
Peak reports
8
in 15 min
Total reports
1
during the incident
Duration
19 minutes
tracked by PulseWatch
Impact
Users reported issues primarily affecting Google's search and core services. These reports, which were detected via user monitoring, originated from the United States. The reported issues indicated a disruption to key functionalities for affected users.
Top reported issues
- Google service issues1
Most affected regions
- United States1
Incident timeline
- May 1, 09:13 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 1, 09:15 PM
Peak of 0 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 1, 09:32 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 09:13 PM
Google status page acknowledged the incident.
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