Google Cloud Platform outage — July 16, 2026
Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solutions (BMS) services are experiencing a service outage in europe-west4-a due to a cooling failure.
Google Cloud Platform’s Multiple services was disrupted for 1h 39m on July 16, 2026.
Key facts
| Detected | July 16, 2026 · 08:38 UTC |
| Confirmed | 08:38 UTC |
| Resolved | 10:17 UTC |
| Duration | 1h 39m |
| Service | Multiple services · Netherlands (europe-west4) |
| Official record | https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/3BvH3LVGcupoYqV6F4Nw |
Timeline
- 08:38Z
Detected · Official
Reported directly on GCP's official status page — no earlier independent (crowd / dependency / measurement) signal. - 10:17Z
Resolved
Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.
How this was detected
Confirmed by GCP's official status page — no independent (crowd / dependency / measurement) corroboration.