Google Cloud outage, 20 October 2026

Multiple services were experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region.

Started
Resolved
20 Oct 2026, 12:10 UTC (after 6 h 10 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud Memorystore, Cloud NAT, Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Workstations

Is this still happening?

No. Google Cloud marked this incident resolved on 20 Oct 2026, 12:10 UTC, 6 h 10 min after it began.

Right now: Google Cloud reports all systems operational. (as of 26 Oct, 03:47 UTC) Live Google Cloud status

Last update from Google Cloud

Preliminary Incident Report We recognize that Google Cloud services are critical to your organization, and we sincerely apologize for the disruption this incident may have caused to your business. We are working to address the root cause and prevent this from occurring in the future. Please note, this information is based on our best knowledge at the time of posting and is subject to change as our investigation continues. A final Incident Report with preventative actions will be posted once our investigation is complete. If you have experienced impact outside of what is listed below, please reach out to Google Cloud Support using [https\://cloud.google.com/support](https://cloud.google.com/s...

22 Oct 2026, 08:42 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Google Cloud status page

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