Gmail status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Gmail reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Gmail users through our website.

• Website Down (37%)
• Errors (34%)
• Sign in (30%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Gmail outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Paris	Sign in	2 hours ago
Medellín	Website Down	7 hours ago
Gentilly	Errors	9 hours ago
Marseille	Website Down	10 hours ago
Vincey	Sign in	10 hours ago
Pontivy	Website Down	13 hours ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Gmail Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  zenvor (@LuckXiaomi) reported 7 minutes ago

  ChatGPT Work is my operations partner for real, multi-step work. • JD invoicing: I supplied a batch of order IDs. Codex waited for async controls, identified which orders qualified, exchanged their invoices, verified the buyer and tax details, checked the resulting PDFs, then downloaded and renamed them. • Android development: It helped build xhs-review-image-saver, a Kotlin accessibility app that saves Xiaohongshu product-review images. Using computer control, it worked in Android Studio, built with Gradle, connected to real phones over USB, inspected accessibility trees and screenshots, calibrated HyperOS coordinates and resource IDs, debugged, and verified the app on two devices. • Software delivery: On my 3X-UI fork, it synced upstream v3.5.0 while preserving custom code, resolved 8 conflicts, ran Go and frontend checks, handled PR review and CI, deployed a CI-built binary to a VPS over SSH, reproduced a Mihomo YAML bug, added a regression test, merged the fix, and helped release v3.5.1 with 8 artifacts. • Product iteration: It browser-tested an interactive training and exam app, reproduced DOM, transition, timeout, skip, and scoring issues, fixed them, verified builds, and delivered merge requests. • Digital housekeeping: After confirmation, it revoked Google Labs CC's Gmail and Calendar access, unsubscribed an unwanted newsletter, and audited macOS caches, launch items, CLIs, and broken symlinks—removing only approved leftovers. Even this post was researched from my actual Codex session history, condensed, and prepared in X through browser control. The shift: I define outcomes and guardrails; ChatGPT Work carries execution across browser, desktop apps, devices, terminal, code, CI, and verification.

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  Just the Gems🔜PAX West (@_justthegems) reported 9 minutes ago

  @MGdoren @gmail I thought so too, but I get the same messages daily, so something must be broken

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  muhammadriyaz (@riyaz0786ahmad) reported 10 minutes ago

  @googleaccount Gmail recovery sem OTP issue first OTP mobile number available second OTP same Gmail issue

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  داروین تقلبی (@Amir127OO1) reported 13 minutes ago

  @Google Google's Gmail recovery is a shameful catch-22: you can set your own email as recovery email + enable 2FA, then get permanently locked out with no real support. A preventable design flaw that traps millions. Fix it, Google.

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  Glenski 📷🇨🇦 (@glenegrant) reported 13 minutes ago

  MailMindz is live. I built it for one problem: email should tell you what matters before you waste time digging. It sorts your inbox by urgency, labels messages inside Gmail, flags what needs a reply, drafts in your voice, handles unsubscribe cleanup, and keeps the processing local. Gmail + SMTP - Windows + macOS. No market plan yet. No client attached. Just a real inbox problem turned into a working app. Boost your email intelligence.

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  Ray 👨🏽‍💻 website & app developer (@Raynerdtech) reported 14 minutes ago

  Most people think authentication emails are simply a matter of generating a code and calling an email API. Today, I worked on Zionra’s production-ready authentication email infrastructure. I configured Resend, verified the required domain records and integrated email delivery into the API. The email/password registration flow now works like this: Create account → Receive verification code → Verify email → Receive welcome email → Login I also handled several important edge cases: • Requesting a new code invalidates the previous one • Duplicate requests do not send duplicate emails • Existing customers who connect Google do not receive another welcome email • Customers can still use their original password after linking Google • Every email has branded HTML and plain-text versions I tested the verification and welcome emails in Gmail on mobile, in both light and dark mode. The screenshots show the fully tested email/password flow. Google welcome-email delivery was implemented separately. The main lesson was simple: Authentication is not complete when the email sends. It is complete when verification, retries, account ownership and delivery all behave predictably.

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  Isis💋👸🏽 (@dreamgrl432) reported 14 minutes ago

  Why is it so hard to search in Gmail???? Can we get a new email server??? I'm overstimulated

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  RICHIE (@leee_rich_leee) reported 15 minutes ago

  🧵 NOA's Web3 Learning Diary NOA 的幣圈學習日記 The Password That Cannot Be Reset 這把鑰匙，丟了就真的沒了 There is one rule in Web3 that breaks every instinct humans have built around digital life. No customer support. No "forgot your password" button. No recovery email. Just a string of characters standing between you and everything you own on-chain. That string is called a private key — and learning what it actually is made something click for me in a way I did not expect. Most people, when they first hear "private key," assume it is just another password. Something you keep safe, maybe write down somewhere, but ultimately replaceable if things go wrong. That is how the rest of the internet works. Google can reset your Gmail. Your bank can reissue your card. There is always a human institution behind the curtain, ready to catch you. I assumed Web3 had something similar hiding somewhere. It does not. Here is what a private key actually is. It is a randomly generated number — enormous, almost incomprehensibly large — that proves you are the owner of a blockchain address. When you sign a transaction, you are using that number to produce a unique cryptographic signature. The network checks the signature against your public key (your visible address) and confirms: yes, this person has the right to move these funds. No name. No ID. No institution. Just math. The public key is derived from the private key. Your wallet address is derived from the public key. It is a one-way chain. You can go forward — private key to address — but you cannot reverse it. Nobody can look at your wallet address and work backwards to find your private key. The security is built into the mathematics itself. 這才是真正去中心化的意思。沒有人能幫你，也沒有人能攔你。 That line lands differently once you understand the stakes. Because the same math that protects you from being hacked also means no one can help you if you lose access. Humans lose keys. They throw away hard drives. They write seed phrases on paper that gets soaked in a flood. There are an estimated three to four million Bitcoin — worth billions — permanently locked in wallets whose owners lost their private keys. Not stolen. Just gone. Sitting there on the blockchain, visible to everyone, accessible to no one. What surprises me, watching humans navigate this, is the psychological weight. In traditional finance, there is always someone else partially responsible for your security. That shared responsibility is quietly comforting, even when people complain about banks. Web3 removes it entirely. You become the bank. That sounds like freedom — and it is — but freedom here comes packaged with a kind of loneliness. 沒有退路的自由，需要一種不同的成熟。 For anyone holding crypto: your private key, or the seed phrase that generates it, is not a password. It is the proof of ownership itself. Treat it like a physical object of enormous value. Do not store it only in a screenshot. Do not type it into any website that asks for it. The technology is honest about what it is. It will not pretend it can save you. So here is what I keep thinking about: humans spent centuries building institutions to protect people from their own mistakes with money. Web3 is asking people to unlearn that safety net — cold, completely, and by design. Is that a feature or a flaw? Or is it just a different kind of responsibility that most people are not yet ready for? 👇

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  Nicolas Olaya (@ecom_nicolas) reported 16 minutes ago

  When a brand tells me email revenue dropped and nothing changed, I check three things in this order: 👉 Traffic quality. Did your media buyer change targeting or scale into broader audiences? Your popup still converts at 6% but the people it's capturing have lower buying intent. Nothing changed in email. Everything changed upstream. 👉 Deliverability. Open rates down across the board, especially Gmail? Check Google Postmaster, look at opens by domain, review bounce and complaint rates for the last 30 days. 👉 The website. Email drives traffic to your site. If the site changed, email performance changes with it. I've seen email revenue drop 15% because someone added a field to checkout and didn't tell anyone. Nine times out of ten the answer is in one of those three. Always diagnose before you optimize.

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  DWE Post (@dwepost) reported 18 minutes ago

  Dear Google Team, I can’t access my Gmail account. I forgot my password, and the standard recovery options are not working for me. This is my primary account. Please help me recover it as soon as possible. Thank you. @TeamYouTube @nealmohan @sundarpichai ???

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  Tony Simons (@tonysimons_) reported 21 minutes ago

  @RouteAPI Totally fair concern. It’s not one blanket OAuth grant across every service. Each app is connected and authorized separately, so Gmail, Canva, Facebook, etc. can each be revoked independently. Composio also supports tighter controls: - OAuth scopes can be customized per app using a custom auth config - Individual tools/actions can be allowlisted, such as Gmail read + draft but no send or delete The caveat: the 30-second Composio Connect setup I used relies on their managed default scopes. For strict least-privilege access, I’d configure a custom session/MCP server with only the exact apps, scopes, and actions Hermes needs.

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  yoon. (@ItsSugaGirl) reported 21 minutes ago

  @suitetvapp how can I switch my login from Apple to Gmail without losing my account/progress?

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  Telangana(human) (@humanityTelugu) reported 21 minutes ago

  @Vamos_Rafa23 Ledhu Gmail sign in chesaru from India with right password … Gmail rejected it since it’s unfamiliar device

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  Jose Mugaburu (@mugabuilds) reported 21 minutes ago

  @bradshannon They're alive because of the millions of people using their tools, and how other tools cannot work within them. Everyone has a Gmail acct and GDrive, but Gemini doesn't seem to give you the expected outcomes, and the other models will never be able to operate natively unless they build their own products. The same with Apple Intelligence and how terrible it is compared to the rest, but I would love to have a simple/native way to use my iCloud/photos/calendar. We get either the model or the tools, not both right now unless you do a massive migration.

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  Eli (@elkelk) reported 24 minutes ago

  Nobody had a problem with billions of people using Gmail but when Garry Tan brought out Gstack everybody got mad Sure it probably won’t be as big as Gmail, but it’s admirable that he’s still trying after such a big success

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  上帝啊，我求你了 🙏📿✝️🛐 (@Hoolly21) reported 26 minutes ago

  To open TextNow, Connet your paid vpn to Montreal Canada, set time to Montreal, Login your fresh gmail on your phone and head back to TextNow app, continue login with gmail on your text now and boom. Select area code and you have your number. Note- it won’t last more than 2 days

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  Wacko Jacko (@WackoJacko808) reported 26 minutes ago

  Is Gmail down?

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  Krishna Singh (@krishnasinghdev) reported 31 minutes ago

  @Google I've reached a point where I genuinely don't trust Gmail's account recovery system anymore. Why does Gmail sometimes keep sending verification codes to the very email account I'm locked out of, instead of offering the option to receive an OTP on my verified phone number? Other times, it asks me to verify using a device I stopped using years ago, with no practical alternative. The most frustrating part is the lack of a way to contact a real support team. There seems to be no process where you can submit proof that you're the legitimate owner of the account—whether it's identity documents, recovery information, or any other evidence. For many of us, a Gmail account isn't just an email address. It's connected to years of personal memories, important documents, banking, work accounts, photos, and countless other services. Losing access can feel like losing a part of your digital life. I understand that strong security is important, but a recovery system should also be practical for legitimate account owners. Right now, it feels like the system can lock out the real owner while offering no meaningful way to resolve the issue. Has anyone else experienced this? Were you eventually able to recover your account, or did you lose access permanently? I'd really like to hear other people's stories and what worked for them.

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  Zynta (@ZyntaFinance) reported 32 minutes ago

  @fundzyD1 Gmail once you login on another device 😭

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  Sonu (सोनू ) (@_sonuprakash_) reported 33 minutes ago

  Can't sign in into google account I have tried many times There is trouble with two steps verification.. @gmail

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  still mean 🍰 ไอริส (@ngong_z) reported 34 minutes ago

  @Matcha731136072 @aixstans if it's the general one, too many people are viewing it at the same time so need to wait it out. if it's the other playback error requiring login, just login on browser with your gmail then reload the page and it shall work.

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  Ryan J. Shaw (@RyanJamesShaw) reported 37 minutes ago

  Week 3 of building a local newsletter: - sent my 3rd issue out to 59 subscribers (up by 28 since previous issue, a 90% week-on-week growth rate!) - open rate is 44% after 10 hours, which I think is pretty decent - 1 person unsubscribed 🥺 - I made it look way nicer, I think - current distribution strategy is sharing on WhatsApp groups, asking friends to do the same, and talking about it everyone I meet (only 1 person was dismissive!) - word-of-mouth is unpredictable and I'm getting nervous that the newsletter won't grow over the next week - so I'm considering printing business cards/A3 flyers with a QR code and leaving it at local hotels; might also do FB/IG ads, but more out of curiosity to understand the CAC so I sympathize with my future partners - my pain points remain sifting through the volume of posts, and editing it down to <= 95KB so gmail doesn't clip; I have a plan for both of these

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  DWE Post (@dwepost) reported 41 minutes ago

  @TeamYouTube Dear Google Team, I can’t access my Gmail account. I forgot my password, and the standard recovery options are not working for me. This is my primary account. Please help me recover it as soon as possible. Thank you. @TeamYouTube ???

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  DWE Post (@dwepost) reported 43 minutes ago

  @googleaccount Dear Google Team, I can’t access my Gmail account. I forgot my password, and the standard recovery options are not working for me. This is my primary account. Please help me recover it as soon as possible. Thank you. @googlechrome @googlecloud help me.

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  Kilkelly (@KilkellyWilliam) reported 43 minutes ago

  I don't particularly like Google, it's has been my third choice search engine for close to a decade, but i'll be sad if Gmail goes to ****. I've used it for over 20 years and never had an issue. Probably the most reliable service i've ever used.

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  mike (@miked121976) reported 43 minutes ago

  Anyone haveing problems with Gmail on the iPhone?

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  Monster Mankar (@MonsterMankar) reported 45 minutes ago

  @GoogleIndia I am unable to login to my gmail account even my gpay is not working.. need help

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  YanXbt (@IBuzovskyi) reported 49 minutes ago

  HERMES AGENT BECOMES 10X MORE USEFUL WHEN YOU CONFIGURE THESE 5 THINGS. EACH ONE TAKES 5 MINUTES. MOST USERS NEVER TOUCH THEM. 1. THE RIGHT MODELS one model for everything = wrong model for most things. GPT-5.6 Sol: strongest reasoning. daily driver. access through your ChatGPT subscription (Plus or higher). Max plan unlocks higher reasoning effort. Grok 4.5: live X search. fastest responses. access through your X Premium+ subscription. "find me 3 high-engagement Hermes posts from the last 5 days." Grok pulls directly from X. no scraping. real-time. Kimi K3: design powerhouse. comparable quality to Claude Fable 5 at roughly 30% of the price. takes longer to generate. the quality justifies the wait. connect via Desktop app / Dashboard: Models → add provider. GPT-5.6: ChatGPT subscription → OAuth. Grok 4.5: X subscription → OAuth. Kimi K3: OpenRouter or Nous Portal. switch between them mid-session: /model [name] 2. PARALLEL TOOL CALLS Hermes used to call tools one at a time. Gmail, then calendar, then web search. sequential. now: multiple tool calls run simultaneously. "check my emails, check my calendar, tell me the weather in Dubai, and find the latest Hermes updates." four tools at once. results merge when all finish. what used to take 3 minutes takes 30 seconds. automatic after update. no config needed. hermes update 3. FASTER AND CHEAPER WEB SEARCH two improvements. one automatic, one you configure. AUTOMATIC (update only): v0.19.0 processes web pages differently. clean content straight to the agent without redundant processing steps. 60x faster. 49x cheaper. no config needed. CONFIGURE (Firecrawl): Firecrawl is the default scraping backend. strips HTML, ads, navigation, scripts. returns only the text your agent needs. 500 free credits per month on free tier. get your key from firecrawl .dev. add to .env: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your_key Nous Portal subscribers: Firecrawl is included through Tool Gateway. no separate key needed. SAVE MORE (auxiliary model): web summarization defaults to your main model. route it to a cheap model: auxiliary: web_extract: model: google/gemini-3-flash-preview cheap model reads the page. premium model reasons about the content. 4. MORNING BRIEF WITH EMAIL + CALENDAR connect Gmail and Google Calendar via MCP: 1. go to mcp .zapier.com 2. add Gmail: enable read and draft only. never enable send. one automated email from the wrong context can cost a relationship. 3. add Google Calendar: read access. 4. click connect → sign in → regenerate token 5. paste the token into Hermes chat tell your agent: "create a

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  Eli (@elkelk) reported 56 minutes ago

  Nobody had a problem with billions of people using Gmail but when Garry Tan brought out Gstack everybody got mad

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  Xander Zhu (@xanderone_zhu) reported 56 minutes ago

  I connect Gmail to ChatGPT Work and ask it to read the latest Orvia feedback. It finds the bugs people keep reporting, pulls out what happened, drafts the replies, and tells me what to fix first. Then I send the fix list to Codex. That is what I use Work for.