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UPDATE: Websites, other services coming back after Google Cloud outage

Websites and other services including Spotify, Discord, Snapchat and Etsy are coming back online after a Google Cloud Platform networking issue caused a global outage Tuesday, according to The Verge.
Websites and other services including Spotify, Discord, Snapchat and Etsy are coming back online after a Google Cloud Platform networking issue caused a global outage Tuesday, according to The Verge.
By Rich Barak
Updated Nov 17, 2021

Websites and other services including Spotify, Discord, Snapchat and Etsy are coming back online after a Google Cloud Platform networking issue caused a global outage Tuesday, according to The Verge.

The Google Cloud Platform and thousands of other services began experiencing widespread outages Tuesday afternoon, according to reports.

DownDetector, which tracks major outages worldwide, said affected services and companies included Facebook, Lowe’s, EA, Shopify, Cloudfare, Soundtrap, Google and Fitbit.

One report said as many as 30,000 sites were affected.

There were reports that at least two services might be involved.

Google provided a link to its status dashboard to monitor details.

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