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Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by silverquiet » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC

ekr____ wrote: post #7

kidfiji wrote: post #3

Ah, so that’s probably why YouTube is also down (at the time of this comment)

Perhaps the same underlying cause, but there's no reason why Google's public CA being temporarily down would bring YouTube down.

If multiple services are affected, it's probably some underlying infrastructure issue.

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by Thaxll » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC

Hmm why youtube does not work but google.com does.

Now I'm wondering if you rely on OCSP in a TLS client and the pki is Google does it still works?

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by 1970-01-01 » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC

Did someone buy the google.com domain again?

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by benatkin » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:27 AM UTC

Kapura wrote: post #8

Good thing I have nebula.tv for when youtube breaks

Isn't that the thing that a bunch of YouTube creators pitch inside their channels along with VPNs and supplements? I would never consider it because the ads rub me the wrong way. Or is it some alternative frontend for YouTube that happens to have a similar sounding name?

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by gzread » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC

kidfiji wrote: post #3

Ah, so that’s probably why YouTube is also down (at the time of this comment)

I am playing a YouTube video (since the time of this comment) and it has not been interrupted.

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by qmarchi » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC

ekr____ wrote: post #7

kidfiji wrote: post #3

Ah, so that’s probably why YouTube is also down (at the time of this comment)

Perhaps the same underlying cause, but there's no reason why Google's public CA being temporarily down would bring YouTube down.

Google uses mTLS for communications between systems and it could just be bad timing.

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by kbelder » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC

Thaxll wrote: post #12

Hmm why youtube does not work but google.com does. Now I'm wondering if you rely on OCSP in a TLS client and the pki is Google does it still works?

Interesting. If you go to youtube.com it's all messed up; missing all the videos in the listings. But if you follow a video embedded in another site to youtube, it'll show and play fine. It'll break if you try to browse away from it.

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by rvz » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC

Everyone loves to say they work at $FAMOUS_COMPANY, but when something like this happens, no-one will say that they did this.

Looking forward to the post-mortem.

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by qmarchi » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC

benatkin wrote: post #14

Kapura wrote: post #8

Good thing I have nebula.tv for when youtube breaks

Isn't that the thing that a bunch of YouTube creators pitch inside their channels along with VPNs and supplements? I would never consider it because the ads rub me the wrong way. Or is it some alternative frontend for YouTube that happens to have a similar sounding name?

Not quite. It's a co-op, where the creators own the shares of the company.

Supposedly a more holistic approach to video hosting with less oversight from the platform itself.

Re: Google Public CA is down

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Post by dyauspitr » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC

gzread wrote: post #15

kidfiji wrote: post #3

Ah, so that’s probably why YouTube is also down (at the time of this comment)

I am playing a YouTube video (since the time of this comment) and it has not been interrupted.

You can still see your subscription videos, just not the homepage.