[Google Local API] Performance Degradation

What to do

• Check whether you use SerpApi Local API. Check your stack

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• Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 9d 2h it lasted.

  Anything that failed between 2026-09-17 22:05 UTC and 2026-09-27 01:03 UTC may need a replay.

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Updates from SerpApi 4

1. investigatingSep 17, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

   We are currently investigating long response times for Google Local API searches. A Public Roadmap issue can be found here: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4306

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2. investigatingSep 19, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

   We're continuing to investigate this issue.

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3. monitoringSep 26, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC

   Our team has deployed changes to address the performance degradation affecting Google Local API, and we are seeing success rates and response times return to normal. We are continuing to monitor closely.

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4. resolvedSep 27, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC

   The issue affecting the Google Local API has been resolved. We’re very sorry for any disruption and appreciate your patience while we worked to resolve this issue.

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Corrections

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