Critical incident
SerpApi: [Google News API] Degraded Performance
Sep 5, 2026, 03:03 UTC
started
05:02 UTC
resolved September 7, 2026
2 days 1 h
duration
Affected: News API
Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status
Timeline
- Sep 5, 2026, 03:03 UTCinvestigatingWe notice that Google News' success rate is decreasing. Some searches may still be successful, but the average response time is high. Related issue on GitHub: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4241
- Sep 7, 2026, 05:02 UTCresolvedWe've deployed a fix. We're seeing a normal performance from Google News API now.
Updates as published by SerpApi (original).
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