Possible Outage Resolved

Gemini possible outage on Jul 24, 2026 — 10 minutes incident report

Gemini appeared to experience a possible outage for 10 minutes on Jul 24, 2026.

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ServiceGemini
StartedJul 24, 2026 at 08:40 UTC
ResolvedJul 24, 2026 at 08:50 UTC
Total duration10 minutes
Peak severityPossible Outage
DetectionDirect availability check

Timeline

  1. Possible issue detected
  2. Confirmed by re-check
  3. Service responding normally

What happened

On Jul 24, 2026, Gemini appeared to experience a possible outage lasting 10 minutes, according to our automated monitoring. The incident was first detected by Are The Bots Down's monitoring system at Jul 24, 2026 at 08:40 UTC and our checks resumed normal results at Jul 24, 2026 at 08:50 UTC. Automated availability checks against publicly accessible endpoints reported the issue during this window. 2 status observations were recorded across the lifetime of this incident.

What to do when Gemini appears to be having issues

Detected Gemini consumer issues on gemini.google.com tend to resolve faster than Vertex AI / API-side issues. Google's status.google.com surfaces Workspace-wide events but is slow to acknowledge consumer Gemini specifically.

Most users find it faster to switch tools than to wait. The closest alternatives to Gemini for the same workflows are ChatGPT or Claude.

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