Google outage temporarily took down Gmail, G Suite apps: 3 details

Google services, including Gmail and other aspects of the G Suite, were down on Dec. 14, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Three details:

1. The outages interrupted dozens of services and showed errors when users attempted to sign in to email or access Google Drive. YouTube was also affected.

2. Google's calendar service, video conferencing tool and spreadsheets were also offline for a period of time. Services returned to normal around 7:35 a.m. EST.

3. The outage occured due to an internal server problem, according to a Google spokeswoman. The outage wasn't caused by a cyberattack or the changes to cloud-storage quotes for some Google products, according to the report. 

Note: This article was updated on Dec. 15 at 7:55 am CST to reflect new information from Google regarding the cause of the outage.

 

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