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Incident affecting Google Chat

Incident began at 2022-09-06 19:49 and ended at 2022-09-07 02:04 (times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)).

Date Time Description
Sep 7, 2022 5:32 p.m. UTC

We apologize for the inconvenience this service disruption/outage may have caused. We would like to provide some information about this incident below. Please note, this information is based on our best knowledge at the time of posting and is subject to change as our investigation continues. If you have experienced impact outside of what is listed below, please reach out to Google Workspace Support using the help article https://support.google.com/a/answer/1047213.

(All Times US/Pacific)

Incident Start: 06 September 2022 12:49

Incident End: 06 September 2022 19:04

Duration: 6 hours, 15 minutes

Affected Services and Features:

Google Chat - Smart Reply feature

Regions/Zones: Global

Description:

Google Chat experienced an issue where Chat Smart Reply features were not available for the users for a duration of 6 hours, 15 minutes. From preliminary analysis, the root cause of the issue is a regular maintenance activity which inadvertently deleted the backend models supporting the feature. The issue was resolved by restoring the backend models.

Customer Impact:

Customers were unable to use Chat Smart Reply features for the duration of the outage. The other functionality of Google Chat including sending and receiving messages were not affected.

Sep 7, 2022 12:23 a.m. UTC The problem with Google Chat has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.
Sep 7, 2022 12:13 a.m. UTC Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by Sep 7, 2022, 2:00 a.m. UTC with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience.

All Google Chat users will no longer have Chat Smart Reply features. The regular Chat functionality is not affected.

Sep 6, 2022 11:40 p.m. UTC We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by Sep 7, 2022, 12:30 a.m. UTC detailing when we expect to resolve the problem.

All Google Chat users will no longer have Chat Smart Reply features. The regular Chat functionality is not affected.

Sep 6, 2022 10:41 p.m. UTC We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by Sep 7, 2022, 12:00 a.m. UTC detailing when we expect to resolve the problem.

All Google Chat users will no longer have Chat Smart Reply features. The regular Chat functionality is not affected.