Major incident

SerpApi: [Google Search API][Google Shopping API] Searches returning irrelevant/poisoned results

Affected: Search API, Shopping API

Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status

Timeline

1. Oct 13, 2026, 15:09 UTC
   investigating
   We've been observing Google returning irrelevant/poisoned results for the past few weeks. It appears to have escalated recently. The team is looking into it urgently and working on potential fixes. https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/3781
2. Oct 14, 2026, 13:53 UTC
   investigating
   Our engineering team has deployed an update that should reduce the number of instances in which poisoned results are returned instead of valid output. We're still working on fully addressing the issue. Thank you for understanding.
3. Oct 19, 2026, 22:38 UTC
   investigating
   Google Shopping API is also now affected by this issue, you can see the related issue here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4475 We’ll continue working on a complete solution for all APIs and will provide further updates as more information becomes available. Thank you for your understanding.
4. Oct 26, 2026, 11:47 UTC
   investigating
   The current benchmarks our engineers have run show that about 6% of the results are returned as poisoned. The team continues to make further updates to resolve the issue. Thank you all for your patience.

Updates as published by SerpApi (original).