Major incident

SerpApi: [Google Search] [Google Light Search API] Performance Degradation

Affected: Search API, Search API

Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status

Timeline

1. Jul 20, 2026, 21:25 UTC
   identified
   We're currently experiencing an increase in response times affecting our Google Light Search API. Our engineers are working to develope a solution.
2. Jul 24, 2026, 05:44 UTC
   monitoring
   We're seeing a better response time at the moment, especially on the Google Light API
3. Jul 25, 2026, 18:06 UTC
   identified
   While performance improvements have been stable for the Google Light Search API, we are still seeing longer response times for the Google Search API.
4. Aug 3, 2026, 20:30 UTC
   identified
   Response times are increasing for Google Light Search API currently. Our engineers are working on a solution.
5. Aug 4, 2026, 23:41 UTC
   identified
   We've made improvements to Google Light Search API and the response times have decreased on our end to an average of 0.65s.
6. Aug 14, 2026, 08:52 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by SerpApi (original).