Gmail is back up and running after a brief outage that frustrated thousands of users worldwide
- Gmail issues began at approximately 13:08 GMT and affected users worldwide
- While the reason for the outage remains unclear, more than 7,400 issues have been reported
Gmail is up and running again this afternoon after a short outage.
According to Down Detector, a website that monitors such issues, the problems started around 13:08 GMT and affected users worldwide.
But at 14:00 GMT, the issue with the go-to email service appeared to be resolved for thousands of people around the world.
While the reason for the outage remains unclear, more than 7,400 issues were recorded on Down Detector.
Of those who reported problems, 86 percent complained about a server connection problem, 10 percent about logging in, and 3 percent about receiving emails.
According to Down Detector, users in the UK and around the world reported problems with Gmail, most of which came from London.
Issues fixed: Gmail is back up and running this afternoon after a brief outage
According to Down Detector, the problems started around 13:08 GMT and affected users worldwide
Two years ago, Gmail also suffered an outage – this time for five hours – that prevented frustrated users from sending or receiving emails.
Several frustrated users complained on Twitter.
Many seemed to get a 502 error when opening their emails, which read, “The server has encountered a temporary error and cannot complete your request.”
While that problem seemed to primarily affect UK users, others reported problems getting into Gmail from other countries, including Spain and Kenya.
Gmail has about 1.5 billion users worldwide. The cause of the latest outage is not yet known.
According to Down Detector, users in the UK and around the world reported problems with Gmail, most of which came from London