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Google Confirms Workspace Outage Disrupting Drive, Docs and Sheets

Engineers are investigating SSL-related access errors with no confirmed workaround.

Overview

  • Google reported access issues beginning around 9:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday, affecting Google Drive, Docs and Sheets.
  • Thousands of users filed complaints on Downdetector, with reports peaking around 2,000–3,000 during the disruption.
  • Google said some customers are seeing ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR messages when attempting to open files.
  • The Workspace Status Dashboard updated to acknowledge the incident, noted an apology to users, and set a follow-up update window for early afternoon PST.
  • User accounts experienced uneven impact across Workspace apps, with some reporting brief recoveries while others could not reach servers.