Major incident

SerpApi: Performance degradation across many Google APIs

Affected: API, Search API, Search API, News Light API, Jobs API, Shopping API

Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status

Timeline

1. Sep 4, 2026, 21:27 UTC
   investigating
   We apologize for the impact. We're currently seeing elevated response times and error rates across many Google APIs including Google Light Search API, Google Shopping API, Google News Light API, Google Jobs API and others. Related issue on our Public Roadmap: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4240
2. Sep 5, 2026, 00:17 UTC
   identified
   We’ve identified the likely cause and are actively testing several potential fixes. We appreciate your patience and will share another update as soon as we have more information.
3. Sep 6, 2026, 17:40 UTC
   monitoring
   Quick update: We've deployed a fix for this. We're actively monitoring the performance. Thank you for your patience while we work on this.
4. Sep 8, 2026, 15:58 UTC
   investigating
   We're currently seeing elevated response times across Google APIs, including Google Search API, Google Shopping API, Google News Light API, Google Jobs API, and others. Related issue on our Public Roadmap: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4240
5. Sep 10, 2026, 18:35 UTC
   resolved
   We will be closing this issue, as we have opened more specific incidents with additional information: - Google News Result Timeouts: https://status.serpapi.com/incidents/6chb6clhbgw4 - Advanced Search Operator Timeouts: https://status.serpapi.com/incidents/pts4x92phsq8 Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve these outstanding issues.

Updates as published by SerpApi (original).