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Outage in Help Scout

Inbound Email Issues

Resolved Minor
April 08, 2026 - Started 7 days ago - Lasted about 7 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Help Scout experienced inbound email issues for 6.6 hours where emails were not being forwarded from Gmail and Google Workspace accounts into Help Scout inboxes, starting around 1pm UTC. The problem was caused by an outage at Google that specifically impacted email forwarding from Gmail and Google Groups to Help Scout. The issue was resolved when Google fixed their outage, restoring normal email forwarding functionality.

We’re currently investigating reports of inbound email issues. For some Inboxes, emails are not being forwarded from Gmail into Help Scout, starting from around 1pm UTC. We'll post again as soon as we have more to share.
Components affected
Help Scout Email Processing

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RESOLVED 6 days ago - at 04/08/2026 11:10PM

It looks like the issue at Google has been resolved, so inbound emails forwarded to Help Scout from Google accounts should now be working as normal once again. If you do run into any further issues, just reach out to let us know.

IDENTIFIED 7 days ago - at 04/08/2026 10:29PM

Just sharing another quick update, we're still monitoring this outage at Google. For now, some incoming emails may not be forwarded to Help Scout from from Gmail and Google Groups. We'll continue to post updates here until the issue has been resolved.

IDENTIFIED 7 days ago - at 04/08/2026 07:47PM

We are still monitoring this ongoing outage with Google, which continues to impact emails forwarded to Help Scout in certain cases. As soon as we have confirmation from Google that this issue has been fully resolved, we'll post an update here. Thanks for your continued patience!

IDENTIFIED 7 days ago - at 04/08/2026 06:22PM

We're continuing to monitor issues with inbound mail as a result of a current outage at Google, which seems to specifically impact certain emails forwarded from Google Workspace emails. We'll keep sharing updates on this as we get them from Google.

INVESTIGATING 7 days ago - at 04/08/2026 05:29PM

We’re still investigating issues with inbound emails for some accounts. This seems to be impacting emails forwarded from Google, specifically from Google Groups. We will continue to share updates as soon as we know more - thanks for your patience!

INVESTIGATING 7 days ago - at 04/08/2026 04:40PM

We’re currently investigating reports of inbound email issues. For some Inboxes, emails are not being forwarded from Gmail into Help Scout, starting from around 1pm UTC. We'll post again as soon as we have more to share.

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