# Performance Degradation

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/providers/serpapi)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 4d 20h
- started 2026-07-07 15:46 UTC
- API, Search API, Images Light API +2
- id: DWN-8aacc057c7
- Official page: https://stspg.io/8144rw8x3hz9

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-07-07 15:46 UTC: investigating
We're currently investigating longer response times and lower success rates across APIs.

### 2026-07-07 18:16 UTC: identified
Our engineers identified the cause of the current performance degradation within an upstream component of our infrastructure. We are actively implementing improvements to stabilize performance across affected APIs.

### 2026-07-08 06:13 UTC: monitoring
We're seeing a better performance for hours. However, we're still monitoring the situation.

### 2026-07-12 11:59 UTC: resolved
The performance has been stable for the past few days after we made some changes internal changes. We'll continue monitoring and making adjustments. This issue is considered resolved now.

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