Gmail down with tech trouble, thousands of users inconvenienced

Widespread issues with Gmail are being reported by users for the past couple of hours. Issues have been noticed in many of the G Suite services, most particularly Gmail.

The issues, also being seen in the case of Google Drive, are of an intermittent nature. Users are generally able to access Google Drive, Gmail and hangout, but are encountering what IT support staff calls "high latency, and/or other unexpected behaviours".

Many users complained of issues like inability to log in, add attachments and receive messages.


Many others are facing, or are likely to face, problems while trying to attach or access files.

As per reports, issues seem to be affecting users in various parts of the globe.

Google did not specify any reason for the outage. It said it is investigating the issue.

Stating that it will provide an update shortly detailing when it expects to resolve the problem, the company said there is disruption in sending e-mails, Meet recording, creating files in Drive, posting message in Google Chat, among others.

Here is a brief nature of the issues:
Gmail: Attaching or accessing attachments, as well as accessing and saving draft emails and sending emails.
Drive: Unable to share files, Upload and download of files.

Thousands of users have flagged these issues on Twitter.

"Only can send emails with nothing in them (no text or attachment) - a blank email with a title gets through. I've tried different accounts, different networks, different equipment," posted another Twitter user.

In July, Google users had a harrowing time in India as Gmail services went down for hours.

(With inputs from PTI & IANS)