Many customers worldwide are experiencing issues with Google’s popular Gmail service, and many more continue to do so. Even if it appears that the email service is back for some customers, Downdetector.com recorded an increase in Gmail down status over the past hour. Google’s own app status dashboard, however, reveals a problem with Gmail.
According to the dashboard, Google admits there is an issue with the service. The information for Gmail adds, “We are experiencing an issue with Gmail. Users may experience delays in email delivery. Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue. We will provide an update by Saturday, 2022-12-10 08:30 US/Pacific with current details.”
An update from the team suggests some solution is on the way. The latest update reads “Mitigation is currently underway and email delivery is no longer failing, however, the Google Engineering team is now working through the backlog of undelivered messages and expect all messages to be delivered in the next few hours. We will provide more information by Saturday, 2022-12-10 10:00”
Users in India expressed frustration over undeliverable emails and an unresponsive Gmail app. Currently, the enterprise services offered by Gmail are also impacted. One of the most popular apps downloaded in 2022 was Gmail, which has more than 1.5 billion users globally. A few hours after the initial report of the outage, Downdetector still displayed the email service as being down. This unexpected disruption has impacted both the desktop and app services.
#GmailDown began to trend on Twitter and other social media sites as users struggled to send out crucial emails. Users reportedly received a notice warning them that there would be delays in email sending and receiving, according to some of the comments made on Downdetector. Many customers complained that their accounts were not receiving emails.
Google has not yet made an official announcement regarding the outage. Once we have more information on what caused this most recent outage, we will update this story. Due to the vast amount of users on the network, Meta’s WhatsApp previously went down in the month of October, creating significant disruption.
