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Re: Google outage – resolved

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YouTube shows a "something's broken" error. Similar errors when trying to access Gmail. Tried on multiple browsers and connections, got the same result. The search engine works fine, as of now.

Youtube works when not logged in though.

You are right, the YT homepage opens up in private tabs. It seems strange, I wonder might be causing this.

Re: Google outage – resolved

#196
So, anybody still feel like arguing that 'the cloud' is a viable back-up? Or is that a sore point right now? Just for a moment imagine: what if it never comes back again?

Of course it will, - at least, it better - but what if it doesn't? And if it does, are you going to take countermeasures in case it happens again or is it just going to be 'back to normal' again?

Re: Google outage – resolved

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post #74
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Just checked https://www.google.com/appsstatus all green, which does not reflect reality for me (e.g. Gmail is down) edit: shows how incredibly difficult introspection is

Out of curiosity, what response time do you expect on a page like that? And what level of detail? I'd much rather have their team focus on fixing this as fast as possible than trying to update that dashboard in the first 5 minutes.

> what response time do you expect on a page like that?

Faster than a free third-party website’s response time. Google should know they are down and tell people about it before Hacker News, Twitter, etc. Google should be the source of truth for Google service status, not social media.

> And what level of detail?

Enough to not tell people that there are “No issues” with services.

> I'd much rather have their team focus on fixing this as fast as possible than trying to update that dashboard in the first 5 minutes.

Google employs enough people to do both.

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