Is Gmail down? Massive outage of Gmail servers addressed by Google

Gmail has suffered a massive out around world. While some users have come forward and complained that y cant send any attachments or documents, ors have been complaining that y have t been able to log in at all. Google Apps Status p has also confirmed that issues have been reported surrounding Gmail at 10:59 AM on August 20, 2020. According to Google Apps Status P, issues have been found in services given below -

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Gmail issues as listed down by Google

• Gmail sending issues

• Meet recording issues

•  Creating files issues in Drive

•  CSV user upload issues in Admin Console

•  Posting mess issues in Google Chat

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Many users took to social media and complained about ir Gmail accounts t being able to send any emails or attach media. Whereas some users complained that uploading attachments took too long and failed in doing so in most cases. Though out is being experienced at a global level, some users are t facing any issues at all. 

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Details were shared on a downtime tracking website titled DownDetector where users mass reported about Gmail being down. issues were first raised as early as around 9:30 Am IST but were addressed by Google at 10:59 Am IST. map provided by DownDetector shows that issues are t limited to India but many places around world. In addition to Gmail, Google services like Google Docs, Google Meet, and Google Drive are also down globally.

Many people's work has w been interrupted as reports of app t working are w being circulated on internet. Reports suggest that Google services started to show issues around same time as Gmail's out, which is speculated to be a targetted attack by many. While reports suggest that it could be an issue with Google Cloud, company is yet to release a statement on problems being faced by users and reason behind it. 

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This will mark second time Gmail has gone down in 2020. Back in July 2020, users were t able to log in to ir Gmail accounts. service had quickly taken te of issue and fixed it but did t reveal a reason behind same.