Google Search Outage History

Google Search released the March 2026 core update, which affected search rankings and results across the platform. The update rollout took approximately 292 hours (about 12 days) to fully complete. This was classified as a minor service incident during the standard 2-week deployment period for core algorithm updates.

Google Search released the March 2026 spam update, which applied globally across all languages to improve search quality by targeting spam content. The update rollout took approximately 19.4 hours to complete and was classified as a minor service change. This was a planned enhancement rather than an incident, designed to refine search results by reducing spam visibility.

Google Search experienced a serving issue that prevented search results from being delivered properly. The problem affected the core serving infrastructure for 4 minutes. Google resolved the serving issue and restored normal search functionality.

Google Search released a February 2026 Discover core update for English language users in the US, designed to improve overall Discover quality. The rollout affected Google Discover functionality and took up to 2 weeks to complete over a 521-hour period. This was a planned update rather than an incident, with Google providing guidance documentation for the changes.