Many have turned to Twitter to find out what’s going on
(Picture: Getty Images)Just 24 hours after the Amazon Web Services glitch, Google experienced issues of their own – though it’s unclear whether the outages were related.
On Wednesday, Google Calendar and Google Meet went down for thousands of users across the globe, lasting a few hours. A Google spokesperson has since confirmed, “This issue is now fully mitigated.”
“The problem with Google Calendar has been resolved,” the Google Workspace Status Dashboard said at 10:40am on Wednesday (December 8). “We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.”
A Google spokesperson told Indy100 that an incident report in the next day or two will be published that will explain exactly what happened.
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So, what did the world do? Head to Twitter, of course.
It’s almost become a tradition following the year’s major online outages: when all else fails, head to a social media platform that works to find out what’s going on.
While some were frustrated at the error, other WFHomers were reaping the brief benefits of “no meeting Wednesday.”
One said: “Google Calendar is down, making ‘no meeting Wednesday’ actually not have meetings.”
While another joked, “Google Calendar down on Wednesday instead of Monday so none of us can catch a break smh.”
Google Calendar down? pic.twitter.com/i5v0cK0qQO
— •lou• (@lousaysthings) December 8, 2021
Google Calendar is down, making "no meeting Wednesday" actually not have meetings. pic.twitter.com/cYTFAaN795
— Jeremiah Lee (@JeremiahLee) December 8, 2021
When Google Calendar is down and you have no idea if you're missing a meeting or not pic.twitter.com/f4fh46mhKt
— Prrgy. 🏆 (@Mogrymillian) December 8, 2021
if google calendar goes down for more than 15 minutes you get to go home it's the law
— all i want for Richard is Cook 🎄 🎅 (@cookywook) December 8, 2021
Google Calendar is down = no meeting day right? 🤔
— Zanne Wong (@zanne_wong) December 8, 2021
Never realised how much I relied on Google Calendar but now it’s down and I’m like NOOOO WHEN ARE MY MEETINGS 😭😂
— Kiera Jessica (@KieraJessicaM) December 8, 2021
PLEASE WHY IS GOOGLE DOWN??? pic.twitter.com/ijnl2ffh76
— CODY/MELLUN ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 COMMS ON HOLD (@codymellun) November 20, 2021
Is anyone else suffering from unresponsive @googlecalendar servers today?#google #calendar #down #outage
— Well, that’s interesting tech (@1nterestingTech) December 8, 2021
Is Google down or just me? @Google pic.twitter.com/0k4eomAHWb
— Aaron Daniel L. Isles (@aarondanieliss) December 1, 2021
Many were being shown an unhelpful “Error 500” response which indicated the issue, but with no explanation.“There was an error,” the page read. “Please try again. That’s all we know.”
“If the problem persists, see the Google Workspace Status Dashboard or visit the Help Centre.”
But now, the panic is over and people can officially return to work.
