Spotify to Twitch: check services affected as major outage hits Google Cloud

Several platforms including music streaming service Spotify and instant messaging platform Discord were down for thousands of users on Thursday, June 12 following an outage at Alphabet's Google Cloud . On its status page, Google Cloud said that multiple products were experiencing varying levels of service impact.

"Our engineers are continuing to mitigate the issue and we have confirmation that the issue is recovered in some locations," Google Cloud said, Reuters reported. It further stated that it could not say when the issue would be fully resolved.

Over 10,000 people reported problem with Google Cloud: Downdetector

According to Downdetector, there were more than 10,000 incidents of people reporting problems with Google Cloud and more than 44,000 reports on Spotify around 2:46 p.m. ET in the US. Downdetector is an online platform that tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources.

According to Reuters, users in the U.S. also reported more than 4,000 incidents each with Google Meet and Google search engine, while there were more than 8,000 reports on messaging platform Discord.

However, Discord could not be immediately reached. Spotify also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Downdetector's numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary.

According to Mashable, around 2:30 PM ET on Thursday, June 12, users began complaining about widespread service disruptions at popular websites and apps, including Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo Switch Online, Spotify, and dozens of other platforms. Some services, however, appeared to be restored by 3:30 PM. Although ongoing outages continue.