Major incident

SerpApi: [Google News API] Performance Degradation

Affected: News API

Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status

Timeline

1. Sep 17, 2026, 22:09 UTC
   investigating
   We are currently investigating elevated response times and decreased success rates for the Google News API. You can view the Public Roadmap issue here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4307
2. Sep 19, 2026, 23:18 UTC
   investigating
   We're continuing to investigate this issue.
3. Sep 22, 2026, 12:37 UTC
   monitoring
   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring.
4. Sep 23, 2026, 18:07 UTC
   resolved
   Performance has remained stable. This is resolved.

Updates as published by SerpApi (original).