Kalkine: Major Google Cloud Outage Hits Spotify, Discord, Gmail and More – Services Slowly Recovering

June 13, 2025 11:50 AM AEST | By Team Kalkine Media

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Highlights

Google Cloud outage impacted major platforms globally

Tens of thousands of users reported service disruptions

Partial recovery initiated within hours, says Google

A significant disruption in Google Cloud services caused widespread outages across several globally popular platforms, including Spotify (NYSE:SPOT), Discord, Gmail, and more. The incident, which began affecting users around 2:00pm PDT (7:00am AEST), led to a spike in issue reports and triggered cascading impacts across internet infrastructure.

Scope of the Outage

Downdetector, a real-time outage tracking service, recorded around 46,000 issue reports related to Spotify (NYSE:SPOT), 14,000 for Google Cloud (NASDAQ:GOOGL), and 11,000 for Discord. Additional platforms that saw service disruptions included Google Meet, Twitch (NASDAQ:AMZN), Snapchat (NYSE:SNAP), and Character.ai.

Users reported issues ranging from failed connections to complete service unavailability across these platforms. While some services like Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) noted disruptions tied to Google Cloud, they clarified that their core operations remained unaffected.

Official Response and Recovery Timeline

According to Google Cloud’s status page, mitigation efforts were initiated swiftly. As of their update, they had started to implement fixes in the us-central1 region and the broader multi-region/us. The company reported seeing “signs of recovery” and anticipated full restoration within the hour.

Prior to this update, Google Cloud acknowledged that multiple products were “experiencing varying levels of service impact” and that some regions were already seeing a gradual return to normal functionality.

Meanwhile, Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) explained that only a limited number of their services were affected due to indirect dependency on Google Cloud. Other companies impacted by the outage have yet to release detailed public statements.

Broader Implications

The incident underscores the dependence of modern digital infrastructure on cloud service providers. As more enterprises and consumer-facing platforms rely on centralized cloud systems for scalability and uptime, any disruption has the potential to ripple across a wide network of services.

While recovery is progressing, the event adds to the growing discourse on resilience and redundancy in cloud computing architectures. Continued monitoring and transparency from affected companies are expected as they assess internal impacts and take steps to prevent recurrence.

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