# \[Google News API\] Degraded Performance

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/providers/serpapi)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Major outage
- lasted 2d 1h
- started 2026-09-05 03:03 UTC
- News API
- id: DWN-dbd6110f38
- Official page: https://stspg.io/klrl2w2q6clb

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-09-05 03:03 UTC: investigating
We notice that Google News' success rate is decreasing. Some searches may still be successful, but the average response time is high.
Related issue on GitHub: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4241

### 2026-09-07 05:02 UTC: resolved
We've deployed a fix. We're seeing a normal performance from Google News API now.

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