GMail Just Crashed: Anyone Else Having Problems?

[6Foot2]

This is the error page:

 

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Edit: The App Status Page has just updated:

 

Link: Apps Status Dashboard

 

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Edited January 24, 2014 by 6Foot2
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[fiza]

same here :

 

We’re sorry, but your Gmail account is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience and suggest trying again in a few minutes. You can view the Apps Status Dashboard for the current status of the service.

[fiza]

1/24/14 7:12 PM

We're investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly.

[6Foot2]

It's back! Loading my inbox now.

[hawc]

Am writing a survey in Docs and it is so slow

[6Foot2]

Am writing a survey in Docs and it is so slow

 

The Apps Status Dashboard doesn't report any problems with Google Docs at the moment? [just checked again]

[hardtailstar]

yup, I can't send emails with attachments when I eventually get logged in, it crashes then sometimes logging in again it comes up with error above.

[hawc]

Hmm, it is still slow and I am getting frustrated. It is a long survey so I think that is it

[Arthur]

Definitely bad timing.

 

Talk About Timing: Google’s Reliability Team Sat Down For An AMA Right Before Gmail Exploded « TechCrunch

 

About an hour ago, a bunch of the engineers responsible for keeping Google alive sat down to answer questions on reddit.

 

Know what else happened about an hour ago? Gmail and Google+ went down around the world.

[6Foot2]

Google Blog entry covering the event:

 

Link: Official Blog: Today’s outage for several Google services

 

The blog goes into some detail and says:

 

...The issue has been resolved, and we’re now focused on correcting the bug that caused the outage, as well as putting more checks and monitors in place to ensure that this kind of problem doesn’t happen again. If you’re interested in the technical explanation for what occurred and how it was fixed, read on...