Numerous major sites like Spotify, Snapchat and Discord crashed on Tuesday due to a massive Google Cloud outage.
Google Cloud’s service webpage shows that there is an issue with Google Cloud. This is due to a networking problem that has affected nearly a dozen websites and thousands worldwide.
This issue began after 12:00 ET, and causes 404 errors to webpages.
Many of these services were aware of the issue and shared the details on Twitter. However, they did not specify when they would fix it.
Google Cloud’s DNS malfunction comes after a larger internet fiasco in which all Meta’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) were affected by a seven hour-long global outage.
Discord, Spotify and Snapchat were all affected by a Google Cloud Outage that caused them to go down on Tuesday afternoon.
Google posted a statement to its Cloud dashboard, at 12:10 PM ET, acknowledging that the error was made in networking.
It reads, “We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to you,”
“Diagnosis”: Some customers may experience 404 errors while accessing websites. There is no workaround at the moment.
According to The Verge, the majority of outages on DownDetector, which is a web-based tool that monitors outages online, occurred when Google Cloud was having an issue.
Google Cloud’s service pages show that the problem is due to a network issue (pictured), which is currently affecting nearly a dozen websites and thousands of users around the world.
This issue began after 12:00 ET, and causes 404 errors to webpages. Here is Spotify’s outage map.
While many services have shared information about the problem on Twitter, they did not say when it would be resolved. Here is Discord’s outage map.
Google posted a statement to its Cloud dashboard, at 12:10 PM ET, acknowledging that there was a network error. Below is Snapchat’s outage map.
Google Cloud published its first update regarding the issue of networking approximately seven minutes after it shared its original post.
“Customers won’t be able to apply any changes to load balancers until this issue has been resolved,” reads the posting.
“We don’t have an ETA to resolve the issue at this time.”
Spotify stated that it is aware of “some issues right now” and was working to fix them, following more than 50,000 user reports.
Snapchatters having problems using the app. We’re still working on the solution. “In the interim, we recommend keeping logged in,” Snapchat support stated in a Tweet.
Websites are experiencing error 404 messages due to the outage
Spotify stated that it is aware of “some issues right now” and was working to fix them, following more than 50,000 user reports.
Twitter users are flocking to Twitter to vent their anger at the outage.
The Google Cloud outage comes just a little over a month from the Meta crash that saw its three apps crash for seven hours due to issues with its Domain Name System (DNS).
Although Meta doesn’t use CloudFare, it does have one of the largest DNS resolvers in the world. CloudFare attempts to fix sites that go down due to DNS system failures.
CloudFare SVP Engineering Usman Muzaffar stated at the time that: “Humans have access to information online via domains, such as facebook.com, and DNS converts them into numbers, which are called IP addresses, computers use.
‘From what we understand of the actual issue —it is a globalized BGP configuration issue. These are usually mistakes and not attacks, according to our experiences.
The routing protocol used to connect the Internet is called the ‘Border Gateway Protocol. BGP, which is similar to how the post office processes mail, chooses the fastest routes for Internet traffic delivery.
Initially, there were reports that AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile were all down too – however those reports stemmed from people being unable to access Facebook-run apps on their mobile devices.
Just over a month after the Meta crash, which saw three of its apps go down for seven hours because of problems with Google’s Domain Name System (DNS), Google Cloud is now outage.
The Meta outage last month was so severe that even Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, acknowledged it.
Kevin King, Verizon’s Director of Communications, stated that there wasn’t an outage but users had difficulty accessing some apps and sites via their Verizon devices.
“Some social media platforms are experiencing an outage, which may make some customers believe that they’re having problems with network connectivity.” Our network is operating normally,’ a spokesman for AT&T said.
Technicians attempted to fix the problem by performing a “manual reset” of their servers after the shutdown had been completed for several hours.
“Today, directions on how to reach Facebook’s DNS server’s addresses aren’t available.
Visitors trying to reach Facebook properties like Facebook.com won’t be able contact their DNS servers. The page will therefore not load.