Outage in Google Maps

Dear Google Maps Platform customers, We have detected an issue affecting Places API (New) Text Search method causing an increased error rate starting 04:20:00 PT.

Resolved Major
February 19, 2025 - Started 4 days ago - Lasted about 10 hours

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Outage Details

Summary: Dear Google Maps Platform customers, We have detected an issue affecting Places API (New) Text Search method causing an increased error rate starting 04:20:00 PT. Description: We have identified the root cause and rolled out a fix that took effect at 06:40:00 PT. The error rates went down confirming the fix. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to your implementation. Best best regards, Google Maps Platform Support team Diagnosis: Increase 500 errors for Places API (New) Text Search requests. Workaround: None at this time.
Components affected
Google Maps Places API (New)

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