Is Google Down? Thousands of Users Report Search Glitches and Loading Issues
Downdetector logged more than 3,000 complaints as users reported failed searches and Internal Server Error messages, while Google’s status pages showed no major outage.
- On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, Google Search faced a widespread disruption, with users in India and other countries reporting "Internal Server Error" messages and failed queries starting at 9:48 am IST.
- Downdetector recorded a sharp surge in complaints, peaking at more than 3,000 reports by 10:23 am IST, even as Google's official status pages continued to show no major outage.
- About 57% of reports were linked to Search problems, while 28% involved content failing to load and 13% of users noted issues with the website itself.
- Many users temporarily switched to Microsoft Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Brave Search during the interruption, while others adopted AI-powered tools such as OpenAI ChatGPT Search or Perplexity.
- Services stabilized within an hour as complaint numbers dropped on Downdetector, yet the incident revealed how heavily users depend on Google for browsing and work.
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Is Google down? Thousands of users report search glitches and loading issues
Thousands of users across India flagged problems with Google Search on Tuesday morning after the platform briefly stopped working for many people. Complaints surged on outage tracker Downdetector, with users reporting loading failures, search glitches and server errors before services gradually returned to normal within a short period.
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