# \[Google Search API\] Paginated searches intermittently returns empty organic results

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/providers/serpapi)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- ongoing for 20d 17h
- started 2026-10-21 10:02 UTC
- API
- id: DWN-83833cad87
- Official page: https://stspg.io/mg254c9g55z8

## Summary
SerpApi says paginated Google Search API queries intermittently return empty organic results. The issue is identified, a solution has been found but is still under review and not yet deployed as of the latest update on 2026-11-09.

_Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from SerpApi's own updates._

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-10-21 10:02 UTC: investigating
We are currently investigating the issue with Google Search APIs for empty results due to paginated queries.
Our team is actively looking into this, and we will share another update once we have more information. 
You can track the progress of this issue on our public roadmap: 
https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4058

### 2026-10-21 10:02 UTC: investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue.

### 2026-10-26 20:34 UTC: investigating
Our team is still working on this issue and keeping a close eye on it. We'll continue monitoring the situation and share any new updates as soon as we have them. Thank you for your patience!

### 2026-11-02 12:08 UTC: investigating
We are continuing to investigate Google Search API paginated searches that intermittently return empty organic results. We do not have a confirmed fix yet. Our team is still working on this issue and monitoring paginated searches closely. 
We will share another update as soon as we have more information.

### 2026-11-05 09:02 UTC: identified
Our team has identified a solution for paginated searches not returning organic search results intermittently and are reviewing it before deployment. We will be sharing further updates as soon as the fix is implemented. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

### 2026-11-09 16:04 UTC: identified
Our solution for this issue has not been deployed yet, and it's still under review. We'll notify you as soon as there is an update.
Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

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