GOOGLE appears to be having a major outage as thousands complain of failing apps.
Complaints are flooding in about Google Calendar and Gmail – with users saying that the services won’t load.
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Reports of issues began appearing at around 9.30am UK time.
The main issue appears to be with Google Calendar, with any Gmail problems linked to that.
Online outage tracker Down Detector is logging thousands of reports across the UK.
Currently US Google users seem unaffected.
What is Google Error 500?
An error message seen by The Sun when attempting to access Google Calendar reads: “500. That’s an error.
“There was an error. Please try again later. That’s all we know.
“If the problem persists, see the Google Workspace Status Dashboard or visit the Help Centre.”
Error 500 is a general response from the server saying that there’s an issue.
It’s not a great diagnosis for users, as it could be linked to many different problems.
Google down – what’s happened?
On DownDetector, almost all of the Google Calendar complaints relate to the website, with some reporting problems with server connection and the app.
Google services are used by billions of people around the world, so any outage can cause significant disruption.
We’ve asked Google for comment and will update this story with any response.
Frustrated users have flocked to Twitter to complain about the outage.
One wrote: “@googlecalendar Hi, it appears your service is having issues today.
“The Workspace shows it as up but I’m getting 500 error when trying to view my calendar.”
Another said: “Is there any issue with Google Calendar trying to log in but showing error 500.”
More to come…
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