Possible Outage Resolved

Gemini possible outage on Oct 11, 2026 — 10 minutes incident report

Gemini appeared to experience a possible outage for 10 minutes on Oct 11, 2026.

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ServiceGemini
StartedOct 11, 2026 at 23:50 UTC
ResolvedOct 12, 2026 at 00:00 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 Oct 11, 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 Oct 11, 2026 at 23:50 UTC and our checks resumed normal results at Oct 12, 2026 at 00:00 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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