Minor incident

SerpApi: [Google Lens API] Performance Degradation

Affected: Lens API

Current status of SerpApi: Minor issues — live SerpApi status

Timeline

1. Oct 16, 2026, 19:52 UTC
   investigating
   We’re currently seeing elevated response times and a decrease in success rates for Google Lens API. Our engineering team is investigating and working to restore normal performance. We are tracking this issue on our Public Roadmap here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4464
2. Oct 19, 2026, 10:36 UTC
   identified
   Our engineering team has identified the issue and are is currently working towards a fix. Thank you for your patience in the meantime.
3. Oct 19, 2026, 19:59 UTC
   identified
   We’ve released several fixes and are seeing improved response times and lower error rates for the Google Lens API. Our engineering team continues working to restore expected performance.
4. Oct 21, 2026, 10:11 UTC
   monitoring
   A robust fix has been implemented and we've been monitoring since the last 14 hours.
5. Oct 21, 2026, 11:40 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by SerpApi (original).