On Thursday afternoon, a multitude of well-known online services experienced outages at the same time. Countless perplexed internet users flocked to Google and social media to discover why they were unable to access their preferred websites and applications. The homepage of Down Detector displayed a series of ascending orange line graphs beginning around 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 12. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Down Detector.)

What triggered the outage?

Here’s what we know up to this point.

What is behind the service outage?

A spokesperson for hosting service Cloudflare directed the responsibility toward Google Cloud in a statement to Mashable. The Cloudflare status page linked the problem to “an outage of a 3rd party service that is crucial for Cloudflare services.”

Initial conjecture centered on internet hosting services like Cloudflare and Google Cloud, as both entities reported issues on Thursday. An update on the Cloudflare status page mentioned, “We are observing various services facing intermittent failures. We are actively investigating this and will refresh this list as we evaluate the effects on a service-by-service basis.” The Google Cloud status page noted that “Numerous GCP products are encountering Service problems.”

Mashable contacted Google for a statement, and we will revise this article if we obtain further details.

What is occurring at Google Cloud?

By 5:15 p.m. ET, the Google Cloud status page indicated, “Most Google Cloud products have fully restored,” although some “residual effects” persisted.

A prior update on the page stated: “We have determined the underlying cause and implemented applicable mitigations. Our infrastructure has recovered in all regions except us-central1. Google Cloud products dependent on the impacted infrastructure are seeing recovery across multiple locations. Our engineers are aware of the customers still facing issues on us-central1 and multi-region/us and are diligently working toward full restoration. There is no ETA for complete recovery.”

What information does Down Detector provide?

Beginning around 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 12, Down Detector, a platform enabling users to report problems with prominent websites and applications, faced a flood of user reports, with Google Services, popular AI systems, and e-commerce sites all impacted. Social platforms like Twitch, Nintendo Switch Online, and Discord similarly encountered a surge in error reports.

The influx of outage reports began to subside by 3:30 p.m., and after a few hours, most services appeared to resume normal operations.

Is Google experiencing issues?

During the initial outage, Down Detector users reported issues across several Google services, though Google Search and Gmail were functioning for the majority. Several Mashable reporters also faced challenges accessing services like Google Meet. Google Cloud encountered difficulties, which likely contributed to the challenges faced by many Google services.

Which websites, applications, and platforms were affected?

As of 3:20 p.m. ET, numerous well-known platforms were either down or facing disruptions. According to Down Detector, the following sites reported a spike in error notifications:

– Discord
– Google and all associated services (e.g. YouTube, Google Meet)
– Spotify
– Twitch
– Character.ai
– Rocket League
– Cloudflare
– Etsy
– Pokémon Trading Card Game
– Snapchat
– fuboTV
– Anthropic
– Shopify
– Gemini
– MLB.tv
– Doordash
– Ikea
– Equifax
– Marvel
– Vimeo
– Nintendo Switch Online
– Gitlab
– Calendly
– Bluesky
– Grok
– Fortnite
– Apple Music
– Netflix
– Disney Plus
– Prime Video

This story is ongoing…

UPDATE: Jun. 12, 2025, 6:30 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with more information regarding the widespread internet service disruption. A previous version of this story indicated that Amazon Web Services (AWS) was affected by the outages; however, an Amazon representative informed Mashable that this is not accurate. An AWS spokesperson stated, “At present, there are no significant service issues with AWS.”