Is Gemini Down Right Now? How to Check

When Gemini stops responding, the first question is always the same: is Gemini down for everyone, or just for you? Working that out takes about two minutes.

Step 1: Check the official status sources

Google publishes uptime information in two places. The Google Workspace Status Dashboard covers Gemini in Gmail, Docs and other Workspace apps. The Google Cloud status page covers the Gemini API and Vertex AI. The consumer Gemini app at gemini.google.com is not always listed on either, so an incident can be real even when both pages are green.

Step 2: Rule out your own connection

Open any other site. If nothing loads, the problem is local. If other sites load but Gemini does not, try a different network (mobile data instead of Wi-Fi) and a private browsing window with extensions disabled. Ad blockers and corporate proxies are a common cause of a Gemini page that loads but never answers.

Step 3: Look at the failure signature

• Page never loads at all — usually network, DNS or an extension.
• Page loads, prompt spins forever — usually a real capacity or backend problem. See Gemini not loading.
• "Something went wrong" after a few seconds — often account or region related.
• API returns 429 or 503 — quota or capacity. See Gemini API quota exceeded.

Step 4: What to do during a real outage

There is no way to speed up a Google-side fix. Save your prompt text somewhere safe, avoid repeatedly resubmitting (which can push you into rate limiting once service returns), and check back in fifteen minute intervals. If you rely on the API in production, fail over to a cached response or a secondary model rather than retrying in a tight loop.

Related help

• Fix: Gemini not loading
• Fix: Gemini giving wrong answers
• Gemini not responding: how to fix it