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[Google Search API] /goto links returned in organic_results->link

Partial outage Lasted 3d 2h · started · SerpApi's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Partial outage
Components
API, Search API
Down Index
33of 100

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Updates from SerpApi 4

  1. investigating

    We're currently experiencing an issue with our Google Search API, which is returning /goto links for organic results instead of direct links. Our engineering team is investigating it. https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4315 Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

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  2. identified

    We have released a fix that restores direct links for the top three results in our Google Search API. Results beyond the top three may still return `/goto` links. Our engineering team is continuing work to restore direct links for all organic results. Thank you for your patience. We’ll share further updates as progress is made.

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  3. identified

    We are continuing to work on restoring direct links for all organic results in the Google Search API. Direct links for the top three results remain in place. Results beyond the top three may still return `/goto` links, which are now returned as full `https://www.google.com/goto?...` URLs instead of relative paths. Since our last update, our engineers have tested additional approaches and are now evaluating a possible way to resolve the remaining links. We will share more as soon as we can confirm progress.

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  4. resolved

    We deployed a fix for the issue where /goto links were being served. This is now resolved, and all of your Google API queries should correctly return direct link values. We apologize for the disruption and thank you for your continued patience.

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Questions about DWN-1447660eef

Is SerpApi still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-11-02 13:32 UTC. For SerpApi's live state, see https://down.guide/serpapi.

How long did it last?

3d 2h, from 2026-10-30 10:39 UTC to 2026-11-02 13:32 UTC, by the times SerpApi posted.

What was affected?

SerpApi named API, Search API.

What caused it?

SerpApi hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

SerpApi's official status page, https://status.serpapi.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.