Major incident

SerpApi: Performance degradation across many Google APIs

Affected: API, Search API, Ads Transparency API, Images Light API, AI Mode API, News Light API, AI Overview API, Shopping Light API, Autocomplete API, Videos Light API, Forums API, Finance API, Finance Markets API, Flights API, Flights Autocomplete API, Flights Deals API, Hotels API, Hotels Reviews API, Hotels Photos API, Images API, Immersive Product API, Jobs API, Lens API, Local API, Local Services API, Maps API, Maps Reviews API, News API, Related Questions API, Reverse Image API, Scholar API, Shopping API, Short Videos API, Travel Explore API, Trends API, Videos API, Scholar Case Law API, Maps Photos API

Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status

Timeline

1. Aug 7, 2026, 20:57 UTC
   investigating
   We’re currently experiencing an outage affecting multiple APIs. A large number of requests are failing or timing out. Our engineering team is actively investigating and treating this as our top priority. https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4129
2. Aug 8, 2026, 00:57 UTC
   monitoring
   Our team has released a fix, and success rates and response times have returned to expected levels for most Google APIs. A few services are still recovering, and you may experience increased response times as performance returns to normal. We continue to monitor the issue.
3. Aug 8, 2026, 10:37 UTC
   investigating
   We're seeing increased response times again. We're investigating.
4. Aug 8, 2026, 21:06 UTC
   monitoring
   Hi there, Our engineering team has deployed an additional fix, and performance has improved. We're continuing to monitor the situation closely before considering the issue fully resolved. We sincerely apologize for the disruption and appreciate your patience while we work to ensure stability.
5. Aug 9, 2026, 13:26 UTC
   resolved
   This is resolved. Thank you for your patience while we worked on this.

Updates as published by SerpApi (original).