Google Cloud outage on July 18, 2026

Google Cloud users likely saw failed connections, degraded availability, or session instability for this Cloud service. The incident reached Major severity and lasted 2h 59m. The stored report window does not show a preserved user-report spike.

Incident began at 2026-07-15 16:57 and ended at 2026-07-16 05:25 (all times are US/Pacific).Preliminary Incident Report We sincerely apologize for the disruption this incident caused to your business. We know how much you rely on Google Cloud, and we regret the impact on your productivity. Please note, this information is based on our best knowledge at the time of posting and is subject to change as our investigation continues. A final Incident Report with preventative actions will be posted once our investigation is complete. If you have experienced impact outside of what is listed below, ple

Deterministic readout · awaiting AI summary pass

1. 12:22 AM UTC

   Incident detected

   Major confidence crossed the incident threshold for Google Cloud: rESOLVED: Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solutions (BMS) services are experiencing a service outage in europe-west4-a due to a cooling ….

2. 03:21 AM UTC

   Marked resolved

   The incident was closed after 2h 59m of observed impact.

• Cloud scope

  Cloud impact scope: [Object Object], Provider-level impact correlation flagged this scope.

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