# \[Google Search\] \[Google Light Search API\] Performance Degradation

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/serpapi)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 24d 11h
- started 2026-07-20 21:25 UTC
- Search API, Search API
- id: DWN-7a57dc266f
- Official page: https://stspg.io/ypdktf07l3hc

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-07-20 21:25 UTC: identified
We're currently experiencing an increase in response times affecting our Google Light Search API. Our engineers are working to develope a solution.

### 2026-07-24 05:44 UTC: monitoring
We're seeing a better response time at the moment, especially on the Google Light API

### 2026-07-25 18:06 UTC: identified
While performance improvements have been stable for the Google Light Search API, we are still seeing longer response times for the Google Search API.

### 2026-08-03 20:30 UTC: identified
Response times are increasing for Google Light Search API currently. Our engineers are working on a solution.

### 2026-08-04 23:41 UTC: identified
We've made improvements to Google Light Search API and the response times have decreased on our end to an average of 0.65s.

### 2026-08-14 08:52 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved.

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