# \[Google Light API\] Empty results returned

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/providers/serpapi)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Major outage
- lasted 13h 9m
- started 2026-05-13 21:48 UTC
- Search API
- id: DWN-57cc9f82ea
- Official page: https://stspg.io/tk9st40jzpy4

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-05-13 21:48 UTC: investigating
Google Light API responses currently seem to include empty JSON results, despite the presence of valid results in the raw HTML. We're still investigating what might be the cause of this issue, and will be sure to update when we know more.
https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/3822

### 2026-05-13 22:32 UTC: monitoring
We've relased a fix for this issue and are currently monitoring to ensure stabillity.

### 2026-05-14 10:57 UTC: resolved
The performance has been stable for the past 10 hours. Marking the issue as resolved.

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