Large portions of the internet were disrupted on Thursday, affecting various services from Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify. The root cause appears to be a Google Cloud outage impacting these services.
Investigating and Mitigating
Google Cloud began investigating service issues for customers at 11:46 a.m. PT. By 2:23 p.m. PT, the company had implemented mitigations and expected services to be back up within the hour.
Impact on Services
Cloudflare also reported service disruptions affecting its customers, with some services recovering by 12:12 p.m. PT. Popular apps like Spotify, Discord, and Snapchat experienced outages, as reported on DownDetector.
Google cloud is having an outage and that’s taking Replit down. We’re working with them to bring it back up ASAP. https://t.co/4qCyCzlIJR
— Amjad Masad (@amasad) June 12, 2025
Monitoring the Situation
Companies like Spotify were keeping an eye on Google Cloud’s status page for updates. While other cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft Azure reported no disruptions, the issue seemed to affect various services.
In situations like these, service disruptions are typically resolved in a few hours. The outages started around 11 a.m. PT, impacting the workday for many across the U.S. Services are expected to be restored shortly.
