Major incident

SerpApi: [Google Scholar API] Elevated Response Times

Affected: Scholar API

Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status

Timeline

1. Sep 17, 2026, 22:21 UTC
   investigating
   We're currently seeing longer response times for Google Scholar API queries. You can find the Public Roadmap issue for this here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4309
2. Sep 19, 2026, 23:17 UTC
   investigating
   We're continuing to investigate this issue.
3. Sep 20, 2026, 20:32 UTC
   monitoring
   We’ve deployed a fix and are seeing response times decrease. We’ll continue to monitor closely to ensure performance remains stable. If you continue to experience high response times with the Google Scholar API, please reach out to us at [email protected].
4. Sep 21, 2026, 22:36 UTC
   resolved
   Response times have stayed low. This incident is resolved. Please feel free to reach out if you are still facing high response times or errors with Google Scholar API.

Updates as published by SerpApi (original).