# \[Google Scholar API\] Elevated Response Times

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/providers/serpapi)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 4d
- started 2026-09-17 22:21 UTC
- Scholar API
- us
- id: DWN-4018d32410
- Official page: https://stspg.io/rnhmd45l9jzs

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-09-17 22:21 UTC: investigating
We're currently seeing longer response times for Google Scholar API queries.
You can find the Public Roadmap issue for this here:
https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4309

### 2026-09-19 23:17 UTC: investigating
We're continuing to investigate this issue.

### 2026-09-20 20:32 UTC: monitoring
We’ve deployed a fix and are seeing response times decrease.
We’ll continue to monitor closely to ensure performance remains stable. If you continue to experience high response times with the Google Scholar API, please reach out to us at contact@serpapi.com.

### 2026-09-21 22:36 UTC: resolved
Response times have stayed low. This incident is resolved. 
Please feel free to reach out if you are still facing high response times or errors with Google Scholar API.

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