A major Google Cloud outage Thursday disrupted 54 services—including App Engine, API Gateway, and Vertex Gemini API—for over 7 hours. It began at 2:51 PM UTC due to an invalid quota update and was resolved by 10:18 PM UTC. The outage affected industries and users globally. CEO Thomas Kurian apologized, saying all systems are now fully restored. The incident has raised concerns over Google Cloud’s infrastructure resilience and reliability moving forward.
Google Cloud outage disrupts over 50 services globally for over 7 hours
