May 12, 2026 15:41:00

Google search crashed, making it impossible to perform searches.

On May 12, 2026, around noon, Google Search became unavailable.

Google

https://www.google.com/

The following is a screenshot taken when the problem occurred. It displays 'Server Error' and below it, 'It appears an internal server error occurred while processing your request. Google engineers are currently working to resolve the issue.'

As of the time of writing, the issue appears to have been resolved, and the search results are displayed correctly.

No issues have been reported in Google's official status dashboard, '

Google Search Status Dashboard .'

The following is

a graph of Google's problem reports from Downdetector, which collects information on the status of internet services. It shows that there was a sharp increase in problem reports around 2:30 PM.